India, Assam state, Dhemaji district people groups

Country:	India
Province / State:	Assam
District:	Dhemaji

Number of People Groups

185

Unreached People Groups

150

Total Population

804,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

1.3 %

Hindu

95.7 %

Muslim

1.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.1 %

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi	300	Adi	2 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Andhra	50	Telugu	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida	20	Tamil	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ahom	79,000	Assamese	1 ●	79,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aka	50	Hruso	2 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ao	90	Naga, Ao	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Sikh traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	9,900	Assamese	0 ☀	-1 -	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	3,500	Hindi	0 ☀	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Bania Agrahari	300	Hindi	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Bais	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Barnawar	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Brittal	1,400	Assamese	0 ☀	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gahoi	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gandha Banik	300	Bengali	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasarwani	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasaundhan	300	Hindi	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahajan	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahesri	400	Hindi	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Oswal	300	Hindi	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Porwal	400	Hindi	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bania Rauniar	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	9,500	Hindi	0 ☀	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Bansphor (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barman	300	Dimasa	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	200	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	70	Hindi	0 ☀	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	100	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhandari	200	Odia	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Tibetan	50	Sikkimese	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhottada	80	Kuvi	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	400	Bengali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	5,900	Bengali	1 ●	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	54,000	Boro (India)	2 ●	52,000	70	30	2,000	-1 -	100
Boria Assam	700	Assamese	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	20	Telugu	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	500	Hindi	0 ☀	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	700	Hindi	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	400	Bengali	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	60	Telugu	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	13,000	Hindi	0 ☀	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Burmese	60	Burmese	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakma	30	Chakma	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	1,500	Nepali	1 ●	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	70	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	500	Nepali	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Deori	9,400	Deori	1 ●	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0 ☀	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	50	Dzongkha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	20	Odia	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganda	300	Odia	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	40	Nepali	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	700	Garo	3 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda	400	Odia	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	100	Bengali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghosi (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gokha	50	Odia	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Maria	5,800	Gondi, Northern	1 ●	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	16,000	Hindi	1 ●	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	50
Gorait	60	Bengali	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Guria	300	Odia	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	900	Nepali	2 ●	900	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajang	8,400	Bengali	1 ●	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	-1 Unknown	Chinese, Mandarin	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hira	60	Assamese	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	100	Ho	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hojai	-1 Unknown	Assamese	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Illemei	30	Naga, Mao	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Jalkeot	600	Assamese	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	200	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	1,300	Bengali	1 ●	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	20	Dimasa	2 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Sonwal	30,000	Assamese	1 ●	30,000	20	-1 -	200	-1 -	40
Kachin	100	Jingpho	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	3,900	Bengali	0 ☀	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	17,000	Bengali	0 ☀	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	60	Telugu	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalingi	90	Odia	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	1,000	Nepali	1 ●	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandra	300	Odia	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	40	Telugu	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	90	Telugu	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karan	200	Odia	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	7,700	Hindi	0 ☀	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	1,800	Bengali	0 ☀	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	6,600	Bengali	1 ●	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khamiyang	40	Khamyang	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khampti	20	Adi	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	1,200	Odia	0 ☀	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	6,800	Kharia	2 ●	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	400	Khasi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kisan	800	Hindi	1 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kol	40	Hindi	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolta	200	Odia	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korku	900	Korku	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	2,100	Telugu	1 ●	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koya unspecified	700	Telugu	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kui Khond	3,300	Odia	2 ●	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	100	Nepali	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0 ☀	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	5,700	Hindi	0 ☀	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lotha	50	Naga, Lotha	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	100	Telugu	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	1,300	Nepali	2 ●	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	70	Odia	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	9,300	Bengali	1 ●	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	100	Marathi	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	1,000	Hindi	1 ●	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Hindu traditions)	100	Telugu	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	90	Mal Paharia	2 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	50	Telugu	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	300	Boro (India)	2 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei unspecified	1,200	Meitei	1 ●	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Miri	261,000	Mising	1 ●	250,000	1,200	-1 -	4,200	20	6,000
Mishmi	40	Digaro-Mishmi	2 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo	30	Mizo	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	30	Mizo	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	65,000	Mundari	2 ●	65,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	90
Munnur	70	Telugu	0 ☀	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	90	Telugu	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Bengali	1 ●	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	8,900	Bengali	1 ●	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	1,500	Nepali	1 ●	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nissi	600	Nyishi	3 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	21,000	Kurux	2 ●	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Paik	100	Odia	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	20	Tamil	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pan	700	Odia	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	20	Tamil	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parja unspecified	400	Odia	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	300	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0 ☀	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pod	2,200	Bengali	1 ●	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	2,800	Assamese	2 ●	2,700	20	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	600	Nepali	2 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	100
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Bengali	1 ●	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Hindi	0 ☀	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	60	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ranabhat	90	Assamese	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sagarbanshi	70	Odia	0 ☀	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	19,000	Santhali	2 ●	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	1,400
Saora unspecified	3,300	Odia	2 ●	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	400	Nepali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	400	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sema	60	Naga, Sumi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Shabar	300	Odia	2 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	2,900	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shan	90	Shan	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	100	Nepali	2 ●	70	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0 ☀	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	600	Bengali	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	200	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	1,000	Nepali	1 ●	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Bengali	0 ☀	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tai Man	200	Phake	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	1,600	Nepali	2 ●	1,500	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Bengali	0 ☀	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanu	20	Apatani	2 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Hindi	0 ☀	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	20	Nepali	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	600	Nepali	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	40	Nepali	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	1,800	Bhojpuri	1 ●	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	20	Tibetan, Central	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	700	Bengali	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiwa	7,300	Assamese	1 ●	7,200	20	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	1 ●	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	50	Telugu	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	30	Hindi	0 ☀	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Mehtar	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	80	Tamil	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	8,300	Hindi	0 ☀	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	400	Hindi	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	400	Hindi	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	700	Bengali	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	1,300	Nepali	2 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	900
Totals: 185	804,000		150 ●	769,000	15,000	1,000	10,000	300	8,900

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