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Santal (Sawntal)

Country Population: 7,620,000
States: 24
Districts: 312
Primary Language: Santhali
Primary Religion: Hinduism




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State District Primary Language Population Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman, South Hindi 4,500 4,200 - - 300 - -
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Nicobar Hindi 30 30 - - - - -
Andaman and Nicobar Islands North and Middle Andaman Hindi 2,500 2,100 - - 400 - -
Andhra Pradesh Anantapur Telugu Unknown - - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh Eluru Telugu 20 20 - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh Godavari, East Telugu 30 30 - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh Godavari, West Telugu Unknown - - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh Guntur Telugu 40 40 - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh Kadapa Telugu Unknown - - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh Krishna Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh Kurnool Telugu Unknown - - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh NTR (Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao) Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh Palnadu Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh Parvathipuram Manyam Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh Prakasam Telugu Unknown - - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh Tirupati Telugu 40 40 - - - - -
Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam Santhali 100 100 - - - - -
Arunachal Pradesh Anjaw Bengali 90 70 - - - - 20
Arunachal Pradesh Changlang Assamese 2,000 1,300 - 60 300 - 400
Arunachal Pradesh Dibang Valley Santhali 40 30 - - - - -
Arunachal Pradesh Kameng, East Santhali 200 100 - - 50 - -
Arunachal Pradesh Kameng, West Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Arunachal Pradesh Lepa-Rada Assamese 80 50 - - 30 - -
Arunachal Pradesh Lohit Assamese 400 400 - - 30 - -
Arunachal Pradesh Lower Dibang Valley Santhali 200 90 - - 20 - 70
Arunachal Pradesh Lower Siang Assamese 100 70 - - 30 - -
Arunachal Pradesh Lower Subansiri Assamese 400 300 - - 90 - 60
Arunachal Pradesh Namsai Assamese 400 300 - - 20 - 30
Arunachal Pradesh Pakke-Kessang Santhali 60 40 - - 20 - -
Arunachal Pradesh Papum Pare Assamese 1,500 900 - - 100 - 500
Arunachal Pradesh Siang Assamese 50 50 - - - - -
Arunachal Pradesh Siang, East Santhali 1,100 1,000 - 40 80 - -
Arunachal Pradesh Siang, West Santhali 300 200 - - 40 - -
Arunachal Pradesh Tawang Santhali 40 40 - - - - -
Arunachal Pradesh Tirap Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Arunachal Pradesh Upper Subansiri Assamese 200 200 - - 30 - 30
Assam Bajali Assamese 1,600 1,500 - - 20 - 100
Assam Baksa Assamese 17,000 16,000 - - 900 - 100
Assam Barpeta Santhali 2,800 2,300 60 - 100 - 300
Assam Biswanath Assamese 18,000 16,000 - - 2,000 - 60
Assam Bongaigaon Assamese 72,000 70,000 - - 1,100 - 500
Assam Cachar Bengali 37,000 35,000 - - 1,600 - 40
Assam Charaideo Assamese 46,000 36,000 - - 5,300 - 4,400
Assam Chirang Mundari 20,000 15,000 - - 3,900 - 800
Assam Darrang Assamese 7,300 6,600 - - 100 - 500
Assam Dhemaji Assamese 16,000 15,000 - - 500 - 1,200
Assam Dhubri Assamese 30,000 29,000 - - 600 - 900
Assam Dibrugarh Assamese 70,000 60,000 - - 7,300 - 2,000
Assam Dima Hasao Assamese 1,200 1,000 - - 40 - 200
Assam Goalpara Assamese 41,000 38,000 - - 1,600 - 700
Assam Golaghat Assamese 85,000 75,000 - - 9,100 - 1,000
Assam Hailakandi Bengali 8,800 6,900 - - 1,700 - 300
Assam Hojai Assamese 5,900 5,400 - - 200 - 300
Assam Jorhat Assamese 79,000 70,000 - - 7,700 - 1,000
Assam Kamrup Assamese 17,000 16,000 - - 90 - 800
Assam Kamrup Metropolitan Assamese 38,000 35,000 - - 1,100 - 2,300
Assam Karbi Anglong Assamese 7,200 4,700 - - 2,100 - 500
Assam Karbi Anglong, West Assamese 5,000 3,300 - - 1,400 - 400
Assam Karimganj Bengali 7,000 6,200 - - 500 - 300
Assam Kokrajhar Santhali 38,000 30,000 - - 7,100 - 1,200
Assam Lakhimpur Assamese 26,000 21,000 - - 4,500 - 500
Assam Majula Assamese 14,000 14,000 - - 80 - 400
Assam Morigaon Assamese 10,000 9,900 - - 80 - 200
Assam Nagaon Assamese 10,000 7,900 - - 1,100 - 1,100
Assam Nalbari Assamese 17,000 16,000 - - 200 - 400
Assam Salmara-Mankachar, South Assamese 1,100 800 - - 90 - 200
Assam Sivasagar Assamese 62,000 57,000 - - 1,900 - 2,400
Assam Sonitpur Assamese 36,000 29,000 - - 4,900 - 2,500
Assam South Kamrup Assamese 17,000 16,000 - - 800 - 600
Assam Tinsukia Sadri 17,000 14,000 - - 1,400 - 900
Assam Udalguri Assamese 20,000 16,000 - - 3,300 - 400
Bihar Araria Santhali 26,000 24,000 60 - 1,100 - 80
Bihar Aurangabad Magahi Unknown - - - - - -
Bihar Banka English 70,000 65,000 70 30 4,200 - 1,200
Bihar Begusarai Maithili 100 100 - - 20 - -
Bihar Bhagalpur Ho 15,000 14,000 60 - 900 - 40
Bihar Bhojpur Bhojpuri 50 30 - - 20 - -
Bihar Buxar Bhojpuri 50 50 - - - - -
Bihar Darbhanga Maithili 300 300 - - - - -
Bihar Gaya Hindi 100 70 - - 30 - -
Bihar Gopalganj Santhali 20 - - - - - -
Bihar Jamui Bengali 61,000 46,000 100 - 4,300 - 10,000
Bihar Jehanabad Hindi 100 100 - - - - -
Bihar Kaimur Bhojpuri 30 20 - - - - -
Bihar Katihar Tamil 80,000 73,000 200 - 4,500 - 2,700
Bihar Khagaria Hindi 100 100 - - - - -
Bihar Kishanganj Sadri 46,000 42,000 200 - 3,000 - 60
Bihar Lakhisarai Santhali 300 300 - - - - -
Bihar Madhepura Santhali 8,300 8,100 20 - 100 - 20
Bihar Madhubani Maithili 1,300 1,300 20 - 20 - -
Bihar Munger Santhali 13,000 13,000 - - 200 - 90
Bihar Muzaffarpur Hindi 30 30 - - - - -
Bihar Nalanda Urdu 100 90 20 - - - -
Bihar Nawada Magahi 600 600 - - - - -
Bihar Pashchim Champaran Bhojpuri 100 80 - - 60 - -
Bihar Patna Tamil 1,200 700 - - 500 - 20
Bihar Purba Champaran Santhali 30 20 - - - - -
Bihar Purnia Sadri 77,000 73,000 300 40 3,500 - 70
Bihar Rohtas Bhojpuri 80 70 - - - - -
Bihar Saharsa Santhali 4,200 4,100 - - 70 - 20
Bihar Samastipur Maithili 100 100 - - - - -
Bihar Saran Bhojpuri 100 100 - - 20 - -
Bihar Sheikhpura Magahi 20 20 - - - - -
Bihar Sheohar Punjabi, Eastern Unknown - - - - - -
Bihar Sitamarhi Hindi 20 20 - - - - -
Bihar Siwan Bhojpuri 20 20 - - - - -
Bihar Supaul Sanskrit 2,700 2,600 - - 40 - -
Bihar Vaishali Hindi Unknown - - - - - -
Chandigarh Chandigarh Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Balod Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Baloda Bazar Santhali 80 70 - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Balrampur Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Bemetara Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Bilaspur Santhali 60 50 - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Dhamtari Santhali 50 50 - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Durg Santhali 70 60 - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Gariaband Santhali 40 40 - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Janjgir-Champa Santhali 50 50 - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Jashpur Santhali 100 90 - - - - 40
Chhattisgarh Korba Santhali 50 50 - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Mahasamund Santhali 70 60 - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Mungeli Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Raigarh Santhali 60 40 - - - - 20
Chhattisgarh Raipur Santhali 200 200 - - 20 - -
Chhattisgarh Sarangarh-Bilaigarh Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Shakti Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Surajpur Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Chhattisgarh Surguja Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Delhi Delhi, Central Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Delhi Delhi, East Santhali 50 40 - - - - -
Delhi Delhi, New Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Delhi Delhi, North Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Delhi Delhi, Northeast Santhali 60 60 - - - - -
Delhi Delhi, Northwest Odia 100 90 - - 20 - -
Delhi Delhi, South Bengali 60 50 - - - - -
Delhi Delhi, South East Santhali 50 50 - - - - -
Delhi Delhi, Southwest Santhali 80 70 - - - - -
Delhi Delhi, West Santhali 100 80 - - - - -
Delhi Shahdara Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Himachal Pradesh Shimla Hindi 40 30 - - - - -
Himachal Pradesh Sirmaur Santhali 100 70 - - 30 - -
Jharkhand Bokaro Santhali 180,000 67,000 300 30 2,100 20 111,000
Jharkhand Chatra Hindi 200 100 - - 20 - -
Jharkhand Deoghar Santhali 134,000 114,000 500 - 3,600 - 16,000
Jharkhand Dhanbad Santhali 183,000 127,000 500 20 2,600 - 53,000
Jharkhand Dumka Marathi 534,000 382,000 1,100 100 75,000 100 75,000
Jharkhand Garhwa Hindi 50 30 - - 20 - -
Jharkhand Giridih Santhali 200,000 132,000 200 20 11,000 - 57,000
Jharkhand Godda Santhali 225,000 155,000 700 40 28,000 - 42,000
Jharkhand Gumla Sadri 400 200 - - 70 - 100
Jharkhand Hazaribag Santhali 60,000 37,000 60 - 2,500 70 21,000
Jharkhand Jamtara Santhali 214,000 143,000 600 30 2,000 200 68,000
Jharkhand Khunti Mundari 500 90 - - 200 - 200
Jharkhand Koderma Santhali 3,400 3,300 - - 60 - -
Jharkhand Latehar Hindi 100 60 - - 60 - 20
Jharkhand Lohardaga Santhali 70 30 - - - - 40
Jharkhand Pakur Santhali 319,000 176,000 700 200 55,000 30 87,000
Jharkhand Palamu Hindi 300 300 - - 30 - -
Jharkhand Ramgarh Santhali 36,000 26,000 50 - 400 - 9,800
Jharkhand Ranchi Bengali 5,500 1,400 30 - 1,200 - 2,900
Jharkhand Sahibganj Santhali 228,000 145,000 700 80 50,000 20 33,000
Jharkhand Seraikela Kharsawan Santhali 130,000 18,000 200 - 500 - 111,000
Jharkhand Simdega Sadri, Oraon 300 100 - - 70 - 90
Jharkhand Singhbhum, East Santhali 345,000 20,000 200 - 2,300 - 323,000
Jharkhand Singhbhum, West Santhali 15,000 600 - - 300 - 14,000
Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Madhya Pradesh Chhindwara Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Madhya Pradesh Dindori Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Madhya Pradesh Indore Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur Santhali 40 40 - - - - -
Madhya Pradesh Katni Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Madhya Pradesh Mandla Hindi 30 30 - - - - -
Madhya Pradesh Narsinghpur Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Maharashtra Mumbai City Bengali 70 70 - - - - -
Maharashtra Mumbai suburban Hindi 30 30 - - - - -
Maharashtra Nagpur Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Maharashtra Pune Odia 70 70 - - - - -
Manipur Imphal, East Bengali 30 30 - - - - -
Manipur Jiribam Bengali Unknown - - - - - -
Manipur Kangpokpi Assamese 1,300 1,200 - - 20 - 30
Manipur Noney Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Manipur Senapati Assamese 600 400 - - 80 - 60
Manipur Tamenglong Assamese 40 40 - - - - -
Meghalaya Khasi Hills, East Bengali 200 200 - - 20 - -
Meghalaya Khasi Hills, Southwest Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Meghalaya Khasi Hills, West Santhali 20 - - - - - 20
Meghalaya Ri Bhoi Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Mizoram Aizawl Bengali 200 200 - - 50 - -
Mizoram Champhai Santhali 20 - - - - - -
Mizoram Kolasib Santhali 40 40 - - - - -
Mizoram Lawngtlai Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Mizoram Lunglei Santhali 100 100 - - - - -
Mizoram Mamit Santhali 40 40 - - - - -
Mizoram Saiha Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Mizoram Serchhip Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Nagaland Dimapur Bengali 200 200 - - 30 - -
Nagaland Kohima Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Nagaland Longleng Santhali 40 30 - - - - -
Nagaland Mokokchung Assamese 100 100 - - - - 20
Nagaland Mon Santhali 100 90 - - - - 20
Nagaland Peren Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Nagaland Phek Santhali 50 30 - - - - -
Nagaland Tuensang Santhali 50 40 - - - - -
Nagaland Wokha Assamese 70 70 - - - - -
Nagaland Zunheboto Assamese 40 40 - - - - -
Odisha Angul Munda 7,900 6,900 - - 30 - 900
Odisha Balangir Odia 200 200 - - - - -
Odisha Balasore Hindi 105,000 87,000 100 - 800 - 17,000
Odisha Bargarh (Baragarh) Odia 200 200 - - - - -
Odisha Bhadrak Santhali 4,800 4,800 - - 50 - -
Odisha Boudh (Bauda) Odia 30 30 - - - - -
Odisha Cuttack Odia 6,500 6,300 - - 80 - 60
Odisha Debagarh (Deogarh) Odia 100 70 - - - - 80
Odisha Dhenkanal Santhali 12,000 12,000 - - 50 - 50
Odisha Gajapati Odia Unknown - - - - - -
Odisha Ganjam Odia 900 900 - - - - -
Odisha Jagatsinghpur Odia 2,500 2,500 - - 20 - 20
Odisha Jajpur Assamese 11,000 9,900 - - 20 - 800
Odisha Jharsuguda Odia 600 600 - - 20 - -
Odisha Kalahandi Odia 200 100 - - - - -
Odisha Kandhamal Odia 70 70 - - - - -
Odisha Kendrapara Odia 2,700 2,700 - - - - 30
Odisha Kendujhar (Keonjhar) Santhali 72,000 65,000 70 - 1,100 - 5,700
Odisha Khordha Munda 13,000 12,000 30 - 100 - 300
Odisha Koraput Santhali 1,100 1,000 - - 40 - 60
Odisha Malkangiri Santhali 3,200 3,000 - - 200 - -
Odisha Mayurbhanj Santhali 640,000 342,000 600 40 4,700 80 292,000
Odisha Nabarangpur Santhali 1,100 1,100 - - - - -
Odisha Nayagarh Santhali 100 100 - - - - -
Odisha Nuapada Odia 200 200 - - - - -
Odisha Puri Odia 800 800 - - - - -
Odisha Rayagada Kuvi 200 100 - - - - -
Odisha Sambalpur Odia 500 500 - - 20 - -
Odisha Subarnapur (Sonepur) Odia 50 50 - - - - -
Odisha Sundargarh Marathi 12,000 7,300 30 - 900 - 3,300
Punjab Gurdaspur Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Rajasthan Ajmer Hindi Unknown - - - - - -
Rajasthan Jaipur Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Rajasthan Jaipur Rural Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Rajasthan Khairthal Tijara Santhali 40 40 - - - - -
Rajasthan Kotputali Behror Hindi Unknown - - - - - -
Tamil Nadu Ranipet Telugu Unknown - - - - - -
Tamil Nadu Tirupattu Telugu Unknown - - - - - -
Tamil Nadu Tiruvannamalai Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Tamil Nadu Vellore Telugu Unknown - - - - - -
Telangana Adilabad Telugu Unknown - - - - - -
Telangana Bhadradri-Kothagudem Telugu Unknown - - - - - -
Telangana Khammam Telugu 20 20 - - - - -
Telangana Komaram Bheem Asifabad Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Telangana Mulugu Telugu Unknown - - - - - -
Telangana Nalgonda Telugu Unknown - - - - - -
Telangana Warangal Urban Telugu Unknown - - - - - -
Tripura Dhalai Santhali 100 100 - - - - -
Tripura Gomati Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Tripura Khowai Santhali 500 500 - - 30 - -
Tripura Sepahijala Santhali 600 600 - - 30 - -
Tripura Tripura, North Santhali 100 100 - - - - -
Tripura Tripura, South Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Tripura Tripura, West Santhali 1,400 1,300 - - 90 - -
Tripura Unokoti Santhali 90 90 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Agra Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Allahabad Hindi 50 40 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Auraiya Hindi Unknown - - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Azamgarh Bhojpuri 50 40 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Bagpat Hindi 20 20 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Bareilly Hindi 30 30 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Bijnor Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Chandauli Bauria 100 100 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Deoria Hindi 50 40 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Fatehpur Bauria Unknown - - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Gautam Buddh Nagar Hindi 90 70 - - 20 - -
Uttar Pradesh Ghaziabad Santhali 30 30 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Gonda Hindi 20 20 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Gorakhpur Bauria 200 200 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Hapur Hindi 20 20 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Kanpur Nagar Santhali 200 200 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Kasganj (Kanshi Ram Nagar) Hindi 30 20 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Lakhimpur Kheri Santhali 20 20 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Santhali 100 90 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Muzaffarnagar Hindi Unknown - - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Pratapgarh Hindi 20 20 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Saharanpur Hindi 20 20 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Sant Ravidas Nagar Santhali Unknown - - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Shamli Hindi Unknown - - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Sonbhadra Hindi 50 40 - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Sultanpur Hindi Unknown - - - - - -
Uttar Pradesh Varanasi Santhali 200 100 - - 20 - -
West Bengal Alipurduar Santhali 19,000 12,000 50 - 6,200 - 200
West Bengal Bankura Santhali 300,000 76,000 300 20 900 - 223,000
West Bengal Birbhum Santhali 207,000 193,000 400 - 7,700 30 5,500
West Bengal Cooch Behar Santhali 1,400 1,000 - - 400 - 20
West Bengal Dakshin Dinajpur Santhali 164,000 146,000 400 - 17,000 20 1,000
West Bengal Darjeeling Santhali 16,000 14,000 50 - 2,500 - 80
West Bengal Hooghly Santhali 154,000 108,000 500 - 900 30 45,000
West Bengal Howrah Santhali 6,000 5,100 30 - 500 - 500
West Bengal Jalpaiguri Santhali 20,000 13,000 50 - 6,700 - 200
West Bengal Jhargram Santhali 87,000 42,000 50 - 2,300 - 43,000
West Bengal Kalimpang Santhali 2,600 1,900 - 100 500 - -
West Bengal Kolkata Bengali 1,700 1,500 - - 100 - 80
West Bengal Maldah Santhali 163,000 146,000 300 20 9,300 30 7,000
West Bengal Murshidabad Santhali 52,000 33,000 200 - 12,000 - 6,700
West Bengal Nadia Santhali 21,000 19,000 30 - 600 - 1,700
West Bengal North 24 Parganas Santhali 9,900 9,500 30 - 400 - 70
West Bengal Paschim Bardhaman Santhali 236,000 207,000 700 - 2,400 - 26,000
West Bengal Paschim Medinipur Santhali 451,000 302,000 1,100 70 8,200 90 139,000
West Bengal Purba Bardhaman Santhali 141,000 121,000 200 200 3,600 50 16,000
West Bengal Purba Medinipur Santhali 14,000 13,000 40 - 90 - 200
West Bengal Purulia Santhali 340,000 115,000 300 40 1,100 20 224,000
West Bengal South 24 Parganas Santhali 4,400 4,200 30 - 80 - 70
West Bengal Uttar Dinajpur Santhali 111,000 101,000 500 - 8,600 - 1,200
States Districts Languages Population Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
24 312 22 7,565,000 4,986,000 13,000 1,400 436,000 1,000 2,127,000