Country:

India

Province / State: Maharashtra
District: Gadchiroli

Number of People Groups

216

Unreached People Groups

204

Total Population

1,458,000

Buddhist

6.7 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

87.2 %

Muslim

1.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

4.1 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) 20 Agariya 20 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Andh 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 50 -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Hindi 10,000 - - - - -
 Bagdi 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Balai (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Kannada 3,100 - - - - -
Balija Bogam 70 Telugu 70 - - - - -
Balija Bolla 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 2,600 Hindi 2,500 - - - - 70
 Bania Chetti 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 1,000 Telugu 1,000 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 9,800 Hindi 9,600 - - - - 100
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Lambadi 2,100 - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Basor 1,800 Hindi 1,800 - 20 - - -
Basor Kandra 500 Marathi 500 - - - - -
 Bauri 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Kannada 1,700 - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 300 Kannada 300 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 300 Urdu - 300 - - - -
 Bhaina Unknown Chhattisgarhi - - - - - -
 Bhampta 800 Marathi 800 - - - - -
Bhansala Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi 1,500 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 1,100 Gujarati 900 20 20 20 - 90
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 9,400 Hindi 9,400 - - - - -
 Bhulia 20 Odia 20 - - - - -
 Bhunjia Unknown Bhunjia - - - - - -
Bidur 4,800 Marathi 4,800 - - - - -
 Binjhia 50 Hindi 50 - - - - -
Birhor Unknown Birhor - - - - - -
 Bohra 50 Gujarati - 50 - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 300 Marathi 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 400 Marathi 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Ojha 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 11,000 Hindi 11,000 - 100 - - 100
 Budega Jangam 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 40 Bengali 40 - - - - -
 Chain 60 Bengali 60 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi 2,600 - 20 - - -
 Chenchu 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Chitara 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Chodhara 20 Chodri 20 - - - - -
 Christian 400 Hindi - - - 400 - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Hindi 5,100 - - - - 50
 Dhangar Bharwad 5,200 Gujarati 4,300 - - 800 - 20
 Dhimar 40,000 Hindi 40,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 8,300 Hindi 8,300 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Dhor 30 Marathi 30 - - - - -
Ellamalawar Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Gadaba 700 Telugu 700 - - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Gamit Unknown Gamit - - - - - -
Gammalla Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Ganda 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
Garpaguri 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Gond Arakh 43,000 Gondi, Northern 39,000 100 30 20 - 3,700
Gond Jhare 53,000 Gondi, Northern 49,000 200 40 30 - 4,700
 Gond Maria 203,000 Gondi, Northern 184,000 600 200 100 - 18,000
 Gond unspecified 354,000 Hindi 321,000 1,100 300 200 20 31,000
 Gondhali 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
 Gowari 26,000 Marathi 24,000 - - - - 1,100
 Hadi 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Halba 13,000 Marathi 13,000 20 - - - 70
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi 50 - - - - -
 Holar Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Holaya 40 Kannada 40 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 300 -
 Jingar 70 Marwari (India) 70 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Kachera (Hindu traditions) 80 Odia 80 - - - - -
 Kachhi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Kachhia (Hindu traditions) 40 Gujarati 40 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi 12,000 - - - - -
Kamathi 7,900 Telugu 7,900 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Kaora 40 Bengali 40 - - - - -
Kapewar 12,000 Telugu 12,000 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 3,800 Telugu 3,800 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 20,000 Telugu 20,000 - - - - -
Karan 20 Odia 20 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 600 Marathi 600 - - - - -
 Kathodi Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Kawar 9,000 Hindi 9,000 20 - - - 40
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Khandait 40 Odia 40 - - - - -
 Kharia 70 Kharia 20 - - 40 - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 60 -
 Khoja 60 Gujarati - 60 - - - -
 Kirar 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Kokna 30 Kukna 30 - - - - -
 Kol 50 Hindi 50 - - - - -
 Kolha 14,000 Ho 14,000 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 400 Marathi 100 - 300 - - -
 Koli Malhar 70 Marathi 20 - 60 - - -
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
 Kolowar 100 Kolami, Northwestern 100 - - - - -
 Korku 30 Korku 30 - - - - -
 Koshti 16,000 Marathi 16,000 - - - - 80
 Koya unspecified Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) 6,900 Hindi 6,900 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 70,000 Gujarati 70,000 - - - - -
Kunbi Anjna 2,400 Gujarati 2,400 - - - - -
Kunbi Dhaneja 6,400 Marathi 6,400 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Kuruba 7,000 Kannada 7,000 - - - - -
Lingader 40 Marathi 40 - - - - -
 Lingayat 400 Kannada - - - - - 400
 Lodha (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Lohana 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - 40
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi 24,000 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
Madgi 15,000 Telugu 13,000 - 1,300 - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu - - - 20 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 117,000 Marathi 22,000 - 96,000 - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 400 Marathi - - - 400 - -
 Mahishya 1,000 Bengali 1,000 - - - - -
 Mahli 12,000 Marathi 12,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 500 Gujarati 500 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 26,000 Marathi 26,000 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 40 Telugu - - - 40 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
 Mala Dasari 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
 Mala Jangam 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 40 Malayalam - - - 40 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 50,000 Hindi 50,000 - - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 200 Gujarati - 200 - - - -
Mana 48,000 Marathi 48,000 - - - - -
Manbhav 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Mang Garudi Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
Manne 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 200 Marathi - - - 200 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 500 Marathi 500 - 20 - - -
 Memon 30 Gujarati - 30 - - - -
 Mitha Ayyalvar Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Naikda Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
Naksia Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Nanakshahi 70 Hindi - - - - 70 -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
 Oraon 7,400 Kurux 5,200 20 - 2,100 - 70
 Panika 20 Chhattisgarhi 20 - - - - -
 Pardhan 22,000 Pardhan 22,000 50 30 20 - 500
 Pardhi 300 Pardhi 300 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 100 Urdu - 100 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,900 Urdu - 1,900 - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Pindara 30 Urdu - 30 - - - -
 Pinjara 300 Urdu - 300 - - - -
 Pod 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Hindi 3,400 - 30 - - 30
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu - 100 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 80 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 80 -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Raju 60 Bengali 60 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Marathi 2,200 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu - 400 - - - -
 Satani 900 Telugu 900 - - - - -
 Satnami 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Sayyid 1,200 Urdu - 1,200 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 1,200 Urdu - 1,200 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 15,000 Urdu - 15,000 - - - -
 Siddi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 50 Urdu - 50 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 8,200 Hindi 8,200 - - - - -
Sonar Aksali 400 Marathi 400 - - - - -
Sonjhara 500 Odia 500 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 60 Bengali 60 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 4,800 Hindi 4,800 - - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 60 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 53,000 Hindi 53,000 - - - - -
 Thakkar 600 Marathi 600 - - - - -
 Tili 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Vanjara 2,000 Marathi 2,000 - - - - -
 Velama 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 8,800 Hindi 8,800 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 1,400 Telugu 1,400 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Yerukula 100 Yerukula 100 - - - - -
  Totals:  216 1,458,000   204 1,271,000 23,000 98,000 4,500 700 60,000
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