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Major People Groups *

113

Major Unreached People Groups *

105

Total Population

2,421,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.1 %

Hindu

67.9 %

Muslim

10.3 %

Sikh

1.7 %

Other Religions

19.0 %
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Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu % Muslim % Buddhist % Christian % Sikh % Other %
Angarok 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ansari 2,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Badhai (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 6,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania unspecified 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 5-10%
Bathudi 3,300 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bauri 2,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - 0.1-2% -
Bhakat 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhandari 3,000 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhaskar 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 8,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhuiya Ghatwar 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Bhuiya unspecified 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% -
Bhumij 125,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% 10-50%
Birhor 300 Birhor Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 10-50%
Brahmin Bengali 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Kanaujia 7,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Radhi 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin unspecified 70,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Buna (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Chain 2,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% 0.1-2% - -
Christian 6,500 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Dangi 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Dhobi Kanaujia 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Dom (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% 0.1-2% - -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% 0.1-2% - -
Ganda 11,000 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Gandharb (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Gauda 186,000 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% -
Ghosi (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Gond unspecified 4,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - 5-10%
Gorait 600 Sadri Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - 0.1-2%
Guria 1,100 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Hadi 6,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ho 57,000 Ho Progress Gauge 10-50% 0.1-2% - 2-5% - 50-100%
Jat (Sikh traditions) 22,000 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 50-100% -
Kahar (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kaibartta unspecified 2,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kaora 1,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Karan 1,700 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 37,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kayastha Karan 7,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Khandait 8,600 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kharia 11,000 Kharia Progress Gauge 50-100% 0-0.1% - 2-5% - 10-50%
Kol 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10-50% - - 2-5% - 50-100%
Kori 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - 10-50%
Kumhar Bardiha 2,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kumhar Kanaujia 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kumhar Magahia 5,600 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 113,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 2,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 2-5%
Lohar (Hindu traditions) 73,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Lohara 5,600 Sadri Progress Gauge 50-100% 0.1-2% - 0.1-2% - 10-50%
Madiga (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mahanta 3,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mahishya 84,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mahli 14,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 10-50% 0-0.1% - 0.1-2% - 50-100%
Mahuria 100 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Majhwar 9,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mal (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mali (Hindu traditions) 7,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mallah (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Munda 54,000 Mundari Progress Gauge 50-100% 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 10-50% - 10-50%
Nai (Hindu traditions) 9,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Oraon 12,000 Kurux Progress Gauge 10-50% 0.1-2% - 50-100% - 10-50%
Paharia 300 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pan 1,300 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% 2-5% - -
Panika 2,500 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pasi (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Poundra 18,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Puran Bhaja 400 Panchpargania Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Puran unspecified 800 Panchpargania Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 60,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Rajput (Sikh traditions) 4,100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 50-100% -
Rajwar 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Rautia 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% 0.1-2% - -
Ravidas Chamar (Sikh traditions) 1,900 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 50-100% -
Santal (Sawntal) 345,000 Santhali Progress Gauge 5-10% 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% 50-100%
Saora unspecified 8,100 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% 0.1-2% - 0.1-2% - 10-50%
Sayyid 6,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Faruqi 1,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 19,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Siddiqi 27,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh unspecified 188,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Usmani 1,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Sukiyar 1,100 Magahi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sunri (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sunri Sadhubanik 1,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Tanti (Hindu traditions) 124,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 1,100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 50-100% -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 60,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Tili 6,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 5,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 211,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav Bagal 1,800 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav Dhindhor 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav Gaoli 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav Rawat 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav Sadgope 1,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  113 2,357,000   105 ● 50-100% 10-50% 0-0.1% 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 10-50%
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  364 2,421,000   338 ● 50-100% 10-50% 0-0.1% 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 10-50%
* District level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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