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Major People Groups *

109

Major Unreached People Groups *

104

Total Population

1,268,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

93.5 %

Muslim

2.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

3.5 %
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Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu % Muslim % Buddhist % Christian % Sikh % Other %
Ansari 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 58,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0-0.1% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% -
Baidya (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Baiga 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 40,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Agarwal 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Bania Bais 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Gandha Banik 2,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Khatri 1,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Subarna Banik 2,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania unspecified 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Banjara (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Lambadi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bauri 8,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhaskar 80 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhat (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhogta 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhuiya Ghatwar 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhuiya unspecified 4,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Bhumij 16,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% 0-0.1% - 0.1-2% - 0.1-2%
Brahmin Acharya 1,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Barna 800 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Bhat 600 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Kanaujia 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Radhi 23,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin unspecified 54,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0-0.1%
Brahmin Utkal 3,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 3,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Varendra 3,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Chain 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 6,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 5-10% - -
Dom (Hindu traditions) 6,600 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Dom Murdafarash 1,100 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Dulia 7,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Hadi 9,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 5-10% - -
Halwai (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Hazra (Hindu traditions) 80 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ho 2,400 Ho Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 5-10%
Jogi (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kadar 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kahar (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kaibartta Jalia 8,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kaibartta unspecified 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kandra 3,600 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Karenga 1,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 45,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kayastha Karan 6,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Khadala 2,300 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Khairwar 2,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Khandait 4,800 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kharia 2,800 Kharia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Koiri (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kori 4,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 5-10% - 2-5%
Kotal 700 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kumhar Magahia 2,400 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 69,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kurmi Mahato 6,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 8,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - 0.1-2%
Lohar (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mahali 2,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - 10-50%
Mahanta 3,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 2,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - 0.1-2% -
Mahishya 75,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Mal (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mali (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mallik (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Matia 2,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mochi (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Munda 11,000 Mundari Progress Gauge 50-100% 0-0.1% - 0.1-2% - 2-5%
Nai (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Namassej (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Namassej Chandel 8,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Pan 4,300 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Panika 1,200 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pashtun, Pathan 2,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Poundra 2,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pundari 1,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 9,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Rajput Batsa 500 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Rajput Sandilya 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Raju 41,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Rajwar 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Rautia 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sahi 50 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sankara 1,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Santal (Sawntal) 87,000 Santhali Progress Gauge 10-50% 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 2-5% 0-0.1% 10-50%
Saora unspecified 2,900 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - 2-5%
Sayyid 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 2,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Siddiqi 2,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh unspecified 19,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Siyalgir (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 6,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sukli 2,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sunri (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sunri Sadhubanik 1,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 8,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 7,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Tanti (Hindu traditions) 63,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Tanti (Muslim traditions) 80 Bengali Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 39,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Tili 19,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Tiyar 1,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 95,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav Sadgope 74,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  109 1,239,000   104 ● 50-100% 2-5% 0-0.1% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% 2-5%
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  363 1,268,000   336 ● 50-100% 2-5% 0-0.1% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% 2-5%
* District 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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