Country:

India

Province / State: Arunachal Pradesh
District: All

Number of People Groups

244

Unreached People Groups

142

Total Population

1,498,000

Buddhist

11.9 %

Christian

30.9 %

Hindu

27.7 %

Muslim

1.8 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

27.5 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Abor 1,800 Adi 60 - - 300 - 1,400
 Adi 76,000 Adi 7,200 200 300 17,000 - 52,000
Adi Gallong 20,000 Adi, Galo 1,100 40 100 7,900 - 10,000
 Adi Minyong 27,000 Adi 1,200 - 40 4,800 - 21,000
 Adi Padam 15,000 Adi 1,800 50 - 4,600 - 8,800
Adi Pasi 3,400 Adi 300 - - 700 - 2,400
Adi Ramo 1,500 Adi - - 20 700 - 800
 Ahom 92,000 Assamese 85,000 - 4,700 2,200 - 200
 Aka 9,300 Hruso 3,300 - 100 3,200 - 2,600
 Angami 200 Naga, Angami - - - 200 - -
 Ansari 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Ao 200 Naga, Ao - - - 200 - -
 Arleng 1,200 Karbi 1,200 - - 20 - 20
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 60 -
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) 11,000 Assamese ☀︎ - 11,000 - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Bengali ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 30 Bengali 30 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - 90
Bania Brittal 200 Assamese ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 7,000 Hindi ☀︎ 6,700 - - - - 400
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Bauri 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Bhotia Sikkim 1,000 Sikkimese - - 1,000 - - -
 Bhuinhar Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Bhumij 2,000 Bengali 2,000 - - 50 - 20
 Bind 30 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) 32,000 Boro (India) 30,000 - 400 2,000 - -
 Bokar 5,200 Adi 70 40 20 3,600 - 1,500
Bori 3,800 Adi 40 30 - 3,000 - 700
 Boria Assam 600 Assamese ☀︎ 600 - - 50 - -
Brahmin Bengali 1,500 Bengali ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Bhumihar 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 17,000 Hindi ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - 30
 Bru 1,100 Kok Borok 600 - 50 400 - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Burmese 6,000 Burmese - - 5,600 400 - -
 Chain 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Chakhesang 200 Naga, Chokri - - - 200 - -
 Chakma 8,700 Chakma 500 - 7,400 800 - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Charumba 1,100 Zakhring 30 - 1,000 80 - 50
 Chhetri 2,900 Nepali 2,600 - 400 - - -
 Chiru 20 Chiru 20 - - - - -
 Christian 8,900 Hindi - - - 8,900 - -
 Darjee 400 Nepali 300 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Deori 6,000 Deori 6,000 20 - 20 - 20
 Dhanuk 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Dholi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Digaru 1,200 Digaro-Mishmi 800 - - 100 - 300
 Drukpa 1,100 Dzongkha ☀︎ - - 1,100 - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Galong 91,000 Adi, Galo 3,700 300 200 25,000 - 62,000
 Gangte Unknown Gangte - - - - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) 800 Garo 300 - - 500 - -
 Gauda 200 Odia ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Gharti 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Gond Maria 60 Gondi, Northern 50 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 7,000 Hindi 6,500 - 40 500 - 40
 Gurung Ghaleg 1,300 Nepali 300 - 1,000 20 - -
 Hadi 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Hajang 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 20 Chinese, Mandarin - - 20 - - -
 Hira 80 Assamese ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Hmar 200 Hmar - - - 200 - -
 Ho 200 Ho 200 - - - - -
Hojai 100 Assamese 70 - 50 - - -
 Idu 9,100 Idu-Mishmi 6,900 20 90 900 - 1,200
 Ilavan 80 Malayalam ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Illemei Unknown Naga, Mao - - - - - -
 Jalkeot 100 Assamese 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 2,400 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 2,400 -
 Jhalo Malo 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Bengali ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Kachari Dimasa 1,500 Dimasa 1,100 - 200 200 - -
 Kachari Sonwal 16,000 Assamese 7,200 - 3,500 5,700 - -
 Kachin 36,000 Jingpho 300 - 35,000 200 - 20
 Kahha 90 Naga, Phom - - - 90 - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 4,400 Bengali ☀︎ 4,300 - - 60 - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Kami 1,700 Nepali 1,500 - 300 20 - -
 Kandu 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kaora 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Kapali 30 Bengali ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 50 Kashmiri ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Hindi ☀︎ 5,800 - - 20 - -
 Khairwar 600 Bengali 500 - - 20 - -
 Khamiyang 1,100 Assamese 20 - 1,000 20 - -
 Khampa Tibetan 1,000 Khamba - - 1,000 - - -
 Khampti 18,000 Adi 300 50 17,000 100 30 100
 Khandait 700 Odia ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Kharia 3,300 Kharia 3,200 - - 30 - -
 Khasi 500 Khasi 60 - - 500 - -
 Khowa 1,600 Bugun 70 - 800 300 - 400
 Kisan 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Konyak 100 Naga, Konyak - - - 100 - -
 Korku 800 Korku 800 - - - - -
 Korwa 1,600 Telugu 1,600 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
 Kui Khond 1,800 Odia 1,700 40 - 80 - 40
 Kuki Chin 1,100 Chin, Thado 500 - 300 300 - -
 Kuli Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Hindi ☀︎ 5,000 - - - - -
Laju 1,900 Naga, Nocte 80 - - 1,800 - -
 Lisu Yobin 3,400 Naga, Nocte - - - 3,300 - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Lotha 800 Naga, Lotha - - - 800 - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Magar 3,200 Nepali 2,500 - 600 100 - -
Mahara 100 Odia ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mahishya 11,000 Bengali 10,000 - - 50 - -
 Mahli 100 Marathi 100 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 70 Marathi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Majhi 200 Hindi 100 - 30 30 - -
 Majhwar 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 100 Malayalam - - - 100 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Malto 50 Mal Paharia 40 - - - - -
 Matia 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mech 1,400 Boro (India) 1,100 - 100 200 - -
 Meitei unspecified 1,600 Meitei 1,600 - - - - -
 Miji 9,100 Miju-Mishmi 1,200 90 1,000 3,900 - 3,000
 Miju Mishmi 7,000 Miju-Mishmi 4,000 20 20 200 - 2,800
Millang 4,600 Adi 200 40 - 1,600 - 2,700
Miniyong 8,900 Adi 200 20 - 1,800 - 6,900
 Miri 8,600 Mising 5,200 50 80 1,400 - 1,900
 Mishmi 24,000 Digaro-Mishmi 4,700 100 900 1,000 - 17,000
 Mizo 700 Mizo 20 - 20 700 - -
Mizo Lushai 300 Mizo - - - 300 - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Momba 5,100 Sartang 30 40 4,900 40 - 80
 Monpa 45,000 Monpa, Tawang 300 70 44,000 400 - 200
 Monpa Dirang 8,100 Tshangla 60 20 7,900 60 - 30
 Monpa Kalaktang 1,600 Monpa, Kalaktang 600 - 800 100 - -
 Monpa Lish 2,500 Lish 20 - 2,500 - - -
 Monpa Tawang 8,000 Monpa, Tawang 40 - 7,900 30 - 20
 Munda 17,000 Mundari 14,000 - 200 2,000 - 50
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 30 Tamil - - - 30 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Naga 6,400 Nagamese 400 50 40 2,700 - 3,300
 Naga Tangkhul 70 Naga, Tangkhul (India) - - - 60 - -
 Nair 90 Malayalam 90 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Bengali 2,700 - - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Newah 1,400 Nepali 1,200 - 300 - - -
Nishang 3,300 Nyishi 500 20 - 2,100 - 700
 Nissi 35,000 Nyishi 2,300 200 100 22,000 40 11,000
Nocte 43,000 Naga, Nocte 10,000 100 100 27,000 - 5,100
 Nyishi 281,000 Nyishi 17,000 1,400 500 177,000 70 86,000
 Oraon 11,000 Kurux 10,000 - 100 900 - 40
Padam 3,500 Adi 400 50 100 1,200 - 1,800
Pailibo 1,400 Nyishi - - - 1,000 - 400
 Paite (Christian traditions) 80 Chin, Paite - - - 50 - -
Paite Simte 40 Simte - - - 30 - -
 Paliya 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Pan 700 Odia 700 - - - - -
 Parja unspecified 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 70 Urdu ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
Pasi 1,200 Adi 20 - - 100 - 1,000
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Pochury 40 Naga, Pochuri - - - 40 - -
Poi 100 Mizo - - - 100 - -
 Poundra 6,100 Bengali 6,100 - - 20 - -
 Puroik 4,900 Puroik 300 - - 2,200 - 2,400
 Rabha 4,100 Assamese 3,500 - 100 400 - 50
 Rai 1,300 Nepali 600 - - 100 - 500
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Bengali 9,300 - 60 300 - 300
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Hindi ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 500 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 500 -
 Raju 400 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - 30 - -
Ralte 80 Mizo - - - 80 - -
 Rengma 20 Naga, Southern Rengma - - - 20 - -
 Rongkup 200 Lepcha - - 200 - - -
 Rongmei 50 Naga, Inpui - - - 50 - -
 Sangtam 100 Naga, Sangtam - - - 100 - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 7,900 Santhali 5,700 - 100 1,000 - 1,200
 Saora unspecified 2,100 Odia 2,000 - - 200 - -
 Sarki 200 Nepali 200 - - - - -
Sartang 3,800 Sartang 20 - 3,700 60 - 20
 Sayyid 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Sema 300 Naga, Sumi - - - 300 - -
 Shaikh unspecified 12,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 12,000 - - - -
 Sherdukpen 3,900 Sherdukpen 30 - 3,800 30 - 30
 Sherpa 300 Nepali 20 - 300 - - -
Simong 3,100 Adi 50 20 - 1,200 - 1,600
 Singpho 6,300 Singpho 100 - 6,100 100 - 20
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - 20 - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Sunuwar 1,000 Nepali 1,000 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
Tagin 70,000 Tagin 10,000 200 400 8,300 - 51,000
 Tai Man 200 Phake - - 200 - - -
 Tamang 6,300 Nepali 1,700 - 4,100 400 - -
Tangsa 17,000 Naga, Tangshang 2,100 200 500 11,000 - 3,600
Tangsa Haisa 1,100 Adi 200 - - 500 - 500
Tangsa Longchang 3,500 Naga, Tangshang 200 - 30 800 - 2,500
Tangsa Moglum 2,900 Naga, Tangshang 800 - 40 600 - 1,400
Tangsa Mossang 4,400 Naga, Tangshang 200 - 30 4,100 - 100
Tangsa Roerah 1,700 Naga, Tangshang 30 - 80 1,600 - -
Tangsa Taisen 1,200 Naga, Tangshang 300 - - 400 - 600
 Tangsa Tikhak 2,600 Naga, Tangshang 30 - 2,000 500 - -
Tangsa Yougli 1,200 Naga, Tangshang - - - 900 - 300
 Tangshang Cyamcyang 1,500 Naga, Tangshang 60 - 30 1,400 - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Bengali ☀︎ 5,700 - - - - -
 Tanu 49,000 Apatani 2,800 100 70 11,000 - 36,000
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Thakuri 600 Nepali 500 - 100 - - -
 Tharu 2,700 Bhojpuri 2,600 - - 90 - -
 Tili 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Tipera 90 Kok Borok 90 - - - - -
 Tiwa 2,000 Assamese 1,400 - 200 500 - -
 Turaiha 20 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
Tutcha Nocte 1,200 Naga, Wancho 300 - - 700 - 200
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Vaniyan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Vanniyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Wancho 72,000 Naga, Wancho 6,500 300 200 64,000 - 600
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Hindi ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Yakthumba, Limbu 900 Nepali 400 - - 20 - 400
 Yimchungra 100 Naga, Yimchungru - - - 100 - -
 Zeliang 100 Naga, Zeme - - - 100 - -
  Totals:  244 1,498,000   142 415,000 27,000 178,000 462,000 3,200 412,000
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