India, Odisha state people groups

Country: State: District:

Major People Groups *

499

Major Unreached People Groups *

469

Total Population

47,002,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.7 %

Hindu

93.8 %

Muslim

2.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.1 %

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People Group	Population in State	Population in Country	% Country Popl in State	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Community Category	Progress Scale
Mahara	1,600	5,300	30.1887 30.2%	Odia	Hindu	SC	0
Mahishya	2,318,000	10,905,000	21.2563 21.3%	Bengali	Hindu	FC	1
Mahli	20,000	428,000	4.6729 4.7%	Marathi	Hindu	OBC	1
Mahratta Kunbi	1,800	7,996,000	0.0225 0.0%	Gujarati	Hindu	OBC	0
Mahratta unspecified	2,600	32,672,000	0.0080 0.0%	Marathi	Hindu	FC	0
Mahuria	6,200	7,100	87.3239 87.3%	Odia	Hindu	SC	0
Mahyavanshi	1,400	1,752,000	0.0799 0.1%	Gujarati	Hindu	SC	1
Majhwar	16,000	196,000	8.1633 8.2%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	1
Majjula	16,000	20,000	80.0000 80.0%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Mal (Hindu traditions)	8,300	1,850,000	0.4486 0.4%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
Mala (Hindu traditions)	1,500	6,048,000	0.0248 0.0%	Telugu	Hindu	SC	1
Malabar Catholic	1,200	2,814,000	0.0426 0.0%	Malayalam	Christian	OBC	3
Mali (Hindu traditions)	711,000	10,613,000	6.6993 6.7%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
Mali Thanapati	21,000	21,000	100.0000 100.0%	Odia	Hindu	OBC	0
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	2,300	591,000	0.3892 0.4%	Gujarati	Muslim	OBC	0
Manbhav	300	28,000	1.0714 1.1%	Marathi	Hindu	OBC	0
Mandala (Hindu traditions)	900	2,100	42.8571 42.9%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Mandia	2,700	2,700	100.0000 100.0%	Odia	Hindu	ST	1
Mangala	39,000	2,047,000	1.9052 1.9%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Mangali	2,100	2,100	100.0000 100.0%	Odia	Hindu	OBC	0
Mankirdia	2,500	2,500	100.0000 100.0%	Odia	Hindu	ST	2
Manna Dhora	1,300	22,000	5.9091 5.9%	Telugu	Hindu	ST	1
Matia	32,000	222,000	14.4144 14.4%	Bengali	Hindu	OBC	0
Mir	900	51,000	1.7647 1.8%	Bengali	Muslim	OBC	0
Mirdhas (Hindu traditions)	80,000	143,000	55.9441 55.9%	Odia	Hindu	ST	1
Major Groups (displayed): 499	46,955,000						469 ●
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 705	47,002,000						663 ●

* State level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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