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Country:

India
Province / State: Assam
District: Dhemaji

Number of People Groups

185

Unreached People Groups

151

Total Population

770,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

1.3 %

Hindu

95.6 %

Muslim

1.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.1 %
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Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Adi 200 Adi ● 200 - - - - -
Adi Andhra 50 Telugu ● 50 - - - - -
Adi Dravida 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Ahom 75,000 Assamese ● 75,000 - - - - -
Aka 50 Hruso ● 50 - - - - -
Ao 90 Naga, Ao ● - - - 90 - -
Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
Assamese (Muslim traditions) 9,400 Assamese ☀︎ - 9,400 - - - -
Bania Agarwal 3,300 Hindi ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - 50
Bania Agrahari 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bania Bais 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Bania Brittal 1,300 Assamese ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
Bania Gahoi 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bania Gandha Banik 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bania Kasarwani 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bania Kasaundhan 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bania Mahesri 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bania Oswal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bania Porwal 400 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - 30
Bania Rauniar 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Bania unspecified 9,500 Hindi ☀︎ 9,400 - - - - 100
Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Barman 300 Dimasa ● 300 - - - - -
Bauri 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Bedia (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Bengali Muslim Moghal 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Bhandari 200 Odia ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bhotia Tibetan 50 Sikkimese ☀︎ - - 50 - - -
Bhottada 80 Kuvi ● 80 - - - - -
Bhuinmali 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Bhumij 5,600 Bengali ● 5,600 - - - - -
Bodo (Hindu traditions) 51,000 Boro (India) ● 49,000 70 30 1,900 - 90
Boria Assam 700 Assamese ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Boya 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Kanaujia 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Radhi 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Telugu 60 Telugu ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Brahmin unspecified 13,000 Hindi ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - 30
Burmese 50 Burmese ● - - 50 - - -
Chakma 30 Chakma ● - - 30 - - -
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ● 400 - - - - -
Chhetri 1,400 Nepali ● 1,400 - - - - -
Christian 70 Hindi ● - - - 70 - -
Darjee 400 Nepali ● 400 - - - - -
Darzi (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Deori 8,900 Deori ● 8,900 - - - - -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Drukpa 50 Dzongkha ☀︎ - - 50 - - -
Dura 20 Odia ● - - 20 - - -
Ganda 300 Odia ● 300 - - - - -
Gangai 30 Nepali ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Garo (A-chik Mande) 700 Garo ● 80 - - 600 - -
Gauda 400 Odia ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Gharti 100 Bengali ● 100 - - - - -
Ghosi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Gokha 50 Odia ● 50 - - - - -
Gond Maria 5,500 Gondi, Northern ● 5,400 - - 100 - -
Gond unspecified 16,000 Hindi ● 16,000 - - 400 - 50
Gorait 60 Sadri ● 60 - - - - -
Guria 300 Odia ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Gurung Ghaleg 900 Nepali ● 800 - 30 - - -
Hajang 8,000 Bengali ● 8,000 - - - - -
Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin ● - - - - - -
Hira 60 Assamese ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Ho 100 Ho ● 100 - - - - -
Hojai Unknown Assamese ● - - - - - -
Illemei 30 Naga, Mao ● - - - 40 - -
Jalkeot 600 Assamese ● 600 - - - - -
Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
Jhalo Malo 1,200 Bengali ● 1,200 - - - - -
Kachari Dimasa 20 Dimasa ● 20 - - - - -
Kachari Sonwal 29,000 Assamese ● 28,000 20 - 200 - 40
Kachin 100 Jingpho ● - - 100 - - -
Kaibartta Jalia 3,700 Bengali ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
Kaibartta unspecified 17,000 Bengali ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
Kalal (Hindu traditions) 60 Telugu ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Kalingi 90 Odia ● 90 - - - - -
Kami 900 Nepali ● 900 - - - - -
Kandra 200 Odia ● 200 - - - - -
Kapu Reddi 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Kapu unspecified 90 Telugu ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Karan 200 Odia ● 200 - - - - -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 7,700 Hindi ☀︎ 7,700 - - - - -
Kayastha Karan 1,700 Bengali ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Khairwar 6,300 Bengali ● 6,300 - - - - -
Khamiyang 40 Assamese ● - - 40 - - -
Khampti 20 Adi ● - - 20 - - -
Khandait 1,100 Odia ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Kharia 6,500 Kharia ● 6,500 - - - - -
Khasi 400 Khasi ● - - - 400 - -
Khatri (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kisan 800 Hindi ● 800 - - - - -
Kol 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Kolta 200 Odia ● 200 - - - - -
Korku 800 Korku ● 800 - - - - -
Korwa 2,000 Telugu ● 2,000 - - - - -
Koya unspecified 700 Telugu ● 700 - - - - -
Kui Khond 3,300 Odia ● 3,300 - - - - -
Kumal 100 Nepali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Hindi ☀︎ 5,400 - - - - -
Lotha 40 Naga, Lotha ● - - - 40 - -
Madiga (Hindu traditions) 100 Telugu ● 100 - - - - -
Magar 1,200 Nepali ● 1,200 - - - - -
Mahara 70 Odia ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Mahishya 8,800 Bengali ● 8,800 - - - - -
Mahli 100 Marathi ● 100 - - - - -
Majhwar 900 Hindi ● 900 - - - - -
Mala (Hindu traditions) 100 Telugu ● 100 - - - - -
Malto 90 Mal Paharia ● 90 - - - - -
Mangala 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Mech 300 Boro (India) ● 300 - - - - -
Meitei unspecified 1,200 Meitei ● 1,200 - - - - -
Miri 248,000 Mising ● 237,000 1,100 - 4,000 20 5,700
Mishmi 30 Digaro-Mishmi ● 30 - - - - -
Mizo 30 Mizo ● - - - 30 - -
Mizo Lushai 30 Mizo ● - - - 30 - -
Mochi (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali ● 500 - - - - -
Munda 62,000 Mundari ● 62,000 - - 200 - 90
Munnur 70 Telugu ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Musahar (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ● 700 - - - - -
Mutrasi 90 Telugu ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Nai (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Namassej (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Bengali ● 15,000 - - - - -
Namassej Chandel 8,500 Bengali ● 8,500 - - - - -
Newah 1,400 Nepali ● 1,400 - - - - -
Nissi 600 Nyishi ● 600 - - - - -
Oraon 20,000 Kurux ● 19,000 - - 700 - -
Paik 100 Odia ● 100 - - - - -
Pallan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil ● 20 - - - - -
Pan 600 Odia ● 600 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil ● 20 - - - - -
Parja unspecified 400 Odia ● 400 - - - - -
Pashtun, Pathan 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Patni (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Poundra 2,100 Bengali ● 2,100 - - - - -
Rabha 2,600 Assamese ● 2,600 20 - 30 - -
Rai 600 Nepali ● 500 - - 20 - 100
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Bengali ● 5,600 - - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Hindi ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - 20
Rajput (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 70 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Ranabhat 90 Assamese ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Sagarbanshi 70 Odia ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Santal (Sawntal) 18,000 Santhali ● 16,000 - - 600 - 1,300
Saora unspecified 3,300 Odia ● 3,200 - - 60 - -
Sarki 400 Nepali ● 400 - - - - -
Sayyid 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
Sema 60 Naga, Sumi ● - - - 60 - -
Shabar 300 Odia ● 300 - - - - -
Shaikh unspecified 2,900 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,900 - - - -
Shan 90 Shan ● - - 90 - - -
Sherpa 100 Nepali ● 70 - 40 - - -
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Sunri (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Sunri Sadhubanik 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Sunuwar 1,000 Nepali ● 1,000 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Bengali ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
Tai Man 200 Phake ● - - 200 - - -
Tamang 1,600 Nepali ● 1,400 - 200 - - -
Tanti (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Bengali ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
Tanu 20 Apatani ● 20 - - - - -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 4,900 Hindi ☀︎ 4,900 - - - - -
Thakali 20 Nepali ● 20 - - - - -
Thakuri 500 Nepali ● 500 - - - - -
Thami 30 Nepali ● 30 - - - - -
Tharu 1,700 Bhojpuri ● 1,700 - - - - -
Tibetan 20 Tibetan, Central ● - - 20 - - -
Tili 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Tiwa 6,900 Assamese ● 6,900 - - 20 - -
Turi (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi ● 1,000 - - - - -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Valmiki Mehtar 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Vanniyan 80 Tamil ● 80 - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 8,300 Hindi ☀︎ 8,300 - - - - -
Yadav Ghosi 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Yadav Kaonra 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Yadav Rawat 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Yadav Sadgope 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Yakthumba, Limbu 1,300 Nepali ● 400 - - 30 - 800
  Totals:  185 770,000   151 ● 736,000 14,000 1,000 9,700 300 8,500
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