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Country:

India
Province / State: Bihar
District: Madhepura

Number of People Groups

247

Unreached People Groups

237

Total Population

2,432,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

88.6 %

Muslim

11.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
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Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Abdul 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Aghori 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Ahmadi 50 Urdu ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
Amat 7,100 Hindi ☀︎ 7,100 - - - - -
Ansari 31,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 31,000 - - - -
Asur 90 Asuri ● 80 - - - - -
Badhai (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Hindi ☀︎ 5,400 - - - - -
Badhai (Muslim traditions) 3,100 Hindi ☀︎ - 3,100 - - - -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 60 Bengali ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Baidya (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali ● 50 - - - - -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 900 Bengali ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Balija (Hindu traditions) 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Bania Agarwal 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Bania Agrahari 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bania Bais 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Bania Gahoi 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Bania Kasarwani 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bania Kasaundhan 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 3,000 Bengali ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
Bania Rauniar 2,100 Hindi ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
Bania Sinduria 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Bania unspecified 16,000 Hindi ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - 100
Banjara (Hindu traditions) 20 Lambadi ● 20 - - - - -
Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Bantar 20,000 Maithili ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
Bari (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Bauri Unknown Bengali ● - - - - - -
Beldar (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Kannada ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - -
Bengali Muslim Moghal 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Bhakat 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Bhand (Muslim traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
Bhar 1,300 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
Bhat (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 35,000 Hindi ☀︎ 35,000 - - - - -
Bhoi (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
Bhoi Ghogra 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Bhoi Kamti 2,500 Hindi ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
Bhoi Kharbind 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bhoi Kharot 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat 2,800 Hindi ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
Bhoi Nikhad 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bhumij 90 Bengali ● 90 - - - - -
Bind 2,200 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhumihar 33,000 Hindi ☀︎ 33,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 45,000 Hindi ☀︎ 45,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Joshi 5,700 Hindi ☀︎ 5,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Jyoti 1,600 Odia ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Kanaujia 19,000 Hindi ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Khandelwal 4,400 Hindi ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Maha 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Maithili 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Ojha 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Radhi 16,000 Bengali ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Rikhisur 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi 6,200 Hindi ☀︎ 6,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Saraswat 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
Brahmin unspecified 484,000 Hindi ☀︎ 484,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Utkal 1,200 Bengali ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Varendra 2,800 Bengali ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
Chain 2,100 Bengali ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 72,000 Hindi ● 71,000 - 20 1,100 - -
Chaupal 2,000 Hindi ● 2,000 - - - - -
Chenna Dasar Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Chero 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Chik Baraik Unknown Sadri ● - - - - - -
Christian 100 Hindi ● - - - 100 - -
Dabgar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Darzi (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Darzi (Muslim traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Dhangri 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Dhanuk 77,000 Hindi ☀︎ 77,000 - - - - -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,700 - - - -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Dhobi Batham 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Dhobi Kanaujia 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Dhobi Kathiya 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Dhobi Parit 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Dom (Hindu traditions) 5,300 Odia ● 5,300 - - - - -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 68,000 Hindi ☀︎ 68,000 - - - - -
Dusadh Bahelia 7,700 Hindi ☀︎ 7,700 - - - - -
Faqir 50 Hindi ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
Gond unspecified Unknown Hindi ● - - - - - -
Gonrhi 33,000 Hindi ☀︎ 33,000 - - - - -
Gosain Dasnami 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Gosain unspecified 1,700 Hindi ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Hadi 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Hajam 2,200 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,200 - - - -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Halwai (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
Halwai Maira 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Jat (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Jat (Sikh traditions) 80 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 80 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Kabadi 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kadar 8,100 Hindi ☀︎ 8,100 - - - - -
Kahar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kaibartta unspecified 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Kalal (Hindu traditions) 900 Telugu ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 31,000 Hindi ☀︎ 31,000 - - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Kalwar Jaiswal 5,100 Hindi ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 6,900 Hindi ☀︎ 6,900 - - - - -
Kandu 15,000 Hindi ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kapali 1,700 Bengali ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Kasar (Hindu traditions) 600 Marathi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
Kayastha Karan 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Kharia 500 Kharia ● 500 - - - - -
Khatik (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Khatwa 7,400 Hindi ☀︎ 7,400 - - - - -
Koiri (Hindu traditions) 71,000 Hindi ☀︎ 71,000 - - - - -
Kori 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Kumhar Bardiha 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Kumhar Kanaujia 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Kumhar Magahia 1,500 Odia ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Kumhar Mathuria 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi ☀︎ 25,000 - - - - -
Kurariar 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 50,000 Hindi ☀︎ 50,000 - - - - -
Laheri (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
Lakhera 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Lohar (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
Lohar (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
Lohara 70 Sadri ● 70 - - - - -
Lunia (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Hindi ☀︎ 4,600 - - - - -
Madari (Muslim traditions) 50 Urdu ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
Magar 600 Nepali ● 600 - - - - -
Maghaiya 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Mahishya 100 Bengali ● 100 - - - - -
Majhwar 700 Hindi ● 700 - - - - -
Mal (Hindu traditions) 6,000 Hindi ☀︎ 6,000 - - - - -
Mali (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Mallah (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Hindi ☀︎ 5,700 - - - - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Mallik (Muslim traditions) 200 Gujarati ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Malto 1,100 Mal Paharia ● 1,000 - - - - -
Manihar 400 Hindi ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
Markande 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Mir 100 Bengali ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Mirzakhani 70 Bengali ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
Mishri 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Mochi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Mukeri 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Munda 100 Mundari ● 80 - - 40 - -
Musahar (Hindu traditions) 197,000 Hindi ● 197,000 - 40 - 20 -
Nagar 4,100 Bengali ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - -
Nai (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
Nai Mathuria 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Namassej (Hindu traditions) 60 Bengali ● 60 - - - - -
Nat (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Newah 20 Nepali ● 20 - - - - -
Oraon 500 Kurux ● 500 - - 20 - -
Pan Unknown Odia ● - - - - - -
Parja unspecified 4,700 Odia ● 4,700 - - - - -
Pashtun Afridi 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Pashtun Kakar 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Pashtun Yusafzai 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Pashtun, Pathan 7,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 7,600 - - - -
Pasi (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Pasi Gujar 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Pasi Kaithwan 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Pasi Rajpasi 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Patwa (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Patwa (Muslim traditions) 50 Urdu ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
Pawaria (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Pinjara 14,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 14,000 - - - -
Poundra 70 Bengali ● 70 - - - - -
Qassab 300 Hindi ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Qazi 800 Urdu ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
Rahmani (Muslim traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 90 Bengali ● 90 - - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 62,000 Hindi ☀︎ 62,000 - - - - 20
Rajput (Muslim traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
Rajput (Sikh traditions) 70 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 70 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Rajput Bargujar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Bhadauria 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Rajput Chandel 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
Rajput Dikhit 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Rajput Gaur 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Rajput Jadon 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Parihar 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Sengar 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Rajput Solanki 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Surajbansi 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Rajwar Unknown Hindi ● - - - - - -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi ● 3,600 - - 30 - -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 13,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 13,000 - - - -
Sahariya 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Sankara 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Santal (Sawntal) 9,300 Santhali ● 9,200 20 - 200 - 20
Sauria Paharia 200 Mal Paharia ● 200 - - - - -
Sayyid 20,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 20,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Shaikh Faruqi 1,200 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,200 - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 14,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 14,000 - - - -
Shaikh Siddiqi 9,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 9,000 - - - -
Shaikh unspecified 148,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 148,000 - - - -
Shaikh Usmani 700 Urdu ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 7,300 Hindi ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - -
Sonar Barhaiya 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Sonar Jathera 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Sonar Kammakala 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Sonar Magahiya 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Hindi ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 700 Urdu ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
Tanti (Hindu traditions) 70,000 Bengali ☀︎ 70,000 - - - - -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 58,000 Hindi ☀︎ 58,000 - - - - -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Hindi ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Thathera (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Hindi ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
Tiyar 3,300 Bengali ● 3,300 - - - - -
Turaiha 30 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Turi (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Valmiki (Christian traditions) 20 Hindi ● - - - 20 - -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 201,000 Hindi ☀︎ 201,000 - - - - -
Yadav (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Yadav Dhindhor 5,600 Hindi ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
Yadav Gaoli 88,000 Hindi ☀︎ 88,000 - - - - -
Yadav Kaonra 2,700 Hindi ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
Yadav Rawat 5,600 Hindi ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
Yadav Sadgope 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
  Totals:  247 2,432,000   237 ● 2,155,000 275,000 70 1,500 200 200
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