India, Jharkhand state, Simdega district people groups

Country:	India
Province / State:	Jharkhand
District:	Simdega

Number of People Groups

175

Unreached People Groups

164

Total Population

711,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

51.2 %

Hindu

35.5 %

Muslim

2.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

10.8 %

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
☀︎
= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	5,300	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Asur	50	Asuri	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Badaik	20	Bengali	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	20	Bengali	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiga	70	Hindi	1 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	700	Hindi	0 ☀︎	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania Gahoi	70	Hindi	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasarwani	70	Hindi	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasaundhan	50	Hindi	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	1,900	Hindi	0 ☀︎	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	100	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhandari	70	Odia	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim traditions)	80	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhogta	16,000	Hindi	0 ☀︎	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	8,600	Hindi	1 ●	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	10,000	Hindi	1 ●	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	100	Bengali	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Binjhia	13,000	Hindi	1 ●	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	6,700
Birhor	400	Birhor	2 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	100
Birjia	20	Munda	2 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	400	Bengali	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,000	Hindi	0 ☀︎	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,700	Hindi	0 ☀︎	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khandelwal	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	4,300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Buna (Hindu traditions)	20	Bengali	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	40	Bengali	0 ☀︎	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chaupal	-1 Unknown	Hindi	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chero	50	Hindi	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chik Baraik	23,000	Sadri	1 ●	16,000	30	-1 -	800	-1 -	6,600
Christian	7,100	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	7,100	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhangar Bharwad	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanwar	80	Chhattisgarhi	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0 ☀︎	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Batham	100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kanaujia	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kathiya	100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Parit	90	Marathi	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Odia	1 ●	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	1 ●	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Godra	-1 Unknown	Odia	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gokha	-1 Unknown	Odia	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Jhare	1,800	Gondi, Northern	0 ☀︎	900	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	900
Gond unspecified	25,000	Hindi	1 ●	12,000	20	-1 -	200	-1 -	12,000
Gorait	70	Bengali	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	80	Bengali	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	50	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halalkhor (Muslim traditions)	50	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	-1 Unknown	Chinese, Mandarin	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	50	Ho	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	30
Jat (Sikh traditions)	20	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Jatapu	-1 Unknown	Telugu	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0 ☀︎	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	60	Bengali	0 ☀︎	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	90	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandra	-1 Unknown	Odia	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaora	30	Bengali	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	20	Bengali	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karan	20	Odia	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karmali	-1 Unknown	Maithili	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	7,000	Hindi	1 ●	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	800	Bengali	0 ☀︎	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khadura	100	Odia	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	30	Bengali	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	20	Odia	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khangar (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	128,000	Kharia	2 ●	2,000	400	300	120,000	-1 -	5,600
Kharwar	500	Hindi	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Kisan	1,000	Hindi	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Hindi	0 ☀︎	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	0 ☀︎	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolta	50	Odia	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	200	Hindi	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	40
Korwa	700	Telugu	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	200
Koshti	60	Marathi	0 ☀︎	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kui Khond	30	Odia	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Bardiha	1,200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Kanaujia	1,400	Hindi	0 ☀︎	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Mathuria	400	Hindi	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0 ☀︎	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	40	Gujarati	0 ☀︎	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0 ☀︎	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi Mahato	3,100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0 ☀︎	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohra	27,000	Sadri	1 ●	15,000	70	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	7,200
Mahishya	800	Bengali	1 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	1,800	Marathi	1 ●	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	300
Mahratta Kunbi	40	Gujarati	0 ☀︎	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahuria	50	Odia	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahyavanshi	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	100	Hindi	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0 ☀︎	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0 ☀︎	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	30	Mal Paharia	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	-1 Unknown	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	169,000	Mundari	2 ●	1,800	400	300	137,000	-1 -	30,000
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Hindi	0 ☀︎	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	101,000	Kurux	2 ●	1,200	400	200	94,000	-1 -	5,800
Paik	20	Odia	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pan	600	Odia	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panika	4,600	Chhattisgarhi	0 ☀︎	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Parhaiya	40	Hindi	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Pashtun, Pathan	200	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi Rajpasi	100	Hindi	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	300	Bengali	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	-1 Unknown	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puran Bhaja	50	Panchpargania	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puran unspecified	80	Panchpargania	0 ☀︎	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	8,500	Hindi	0 ☀︎	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	100	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chandel	90	Hindi	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	800	Hindi	0 ☀︎	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gaur	100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Jadon	200	Hindi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Jadu	50	Hindi	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	0 ☀︎	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sengar	90	Hindi	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	20	Hindi	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	300	Hindi	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sagarbanshi	20	Odia	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	400	Santhali	2 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	100
Sauntia	-1 Unknown	Odia	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	600	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	800	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	7,800	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0 ☀︎	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sukiyar	200	Magahi	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	50	Bengali	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	20	Bengali	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0 ☀︎	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Sribastab	100	Hindi	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	90	Bengali	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	6,300	Hindi	1 ●	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	70	Hindi	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions)	100	Urdu	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0 ☀︎	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	500	Hindi	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	6,600	Hindi	0 ☀︎	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	500	Hindi	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	500	Hindi	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 175	711,000		164 ●	252,000	18,000	900	364,000	40	77,000

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