India, Gujarat state, Surat district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Gujarat
District:	Surat

Major People Groups

175

Major Unreached People Groups

172

Total Population

6,444,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

86.6 %

Muslim

10.6 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

2.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	13,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	94,000	Hindi	0	94,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai Gandhar	2,300	Gujarati	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bahrupi	60	Marathi	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	8,100	Bengali	0	8,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bajania	400	Gujarati	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	14,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700
Bania Bhatia	600	Gujarati	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Disaval	700	Gujarati	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gahoi	1,500	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Bania Khedayata	2,400	Gujarati	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Lad	5,800	Gujarati	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahesri	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahur	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Modh	4,000	Gujarati	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Nagar	1,600	Gujarati	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Nima	1,200	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Bania Oswal	4,000	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,700
Bania Porwal	1,800	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900
Bania Saraogi	1,300	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000
Bania Srimali	23,000	Gujarati	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000
Bania Ummad	2,600	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700
Bania unspecified	334,000	Hindi	0	242,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	91,000
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Lambadi	1	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barda	100	Marathi	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baria (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Gujarati	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barutgar	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	4,700	Hindi	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor Vanjha	300	Gujarati	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bawa	600	Gujarati	0	600	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Hindi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhil Barela	1,500	Hindi	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Bhil Dhanka	2,200	Gujarati	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Bhil Dubla	24,000	Gujarati	1	24,000	50	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Bhil Mavchi (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Bhili	1	19,000	40	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Bhil unspecified	197,000	Gujarati	1	193,000	400	30	3,400	30	100
Bhil Vasave	55,000	Vasavi	1	54,000	100	-1 -	900	-1 -	30
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	6,100	Hindi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhurtia	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bidur	1,100	Marathi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bohra	98,000	Gujarati	0	-1 -	98,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahma Kshatriya	6,300	Gujarati	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Anavada	400	Gujarati	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Anavala	25,000	Gujarati	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Audich	14,000	Gujarati	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Deshastha	1,300	Marathi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	8,200	Marathi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	3,200	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khedawal	1,800	Gujarati	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	2,100	Marathi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Marathi	10,000	Marathi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mewada	4,100	Gujarati	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Modh	7,000	Gujarati	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nagar	2,000	Gujarati	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	4,200	Hindi	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	6,400	Hindi	0	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tapodhan	2,000	Gujarati	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	322,000	Hindi	0	309,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	12,000
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	1	18,000	-1 -	400	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Charan (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Gujarati	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chaudhari, tribal	177,000	Gujarati	1	174,000	200	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	200
Chhipa (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200
Chodhara	300	Chodri	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	3,000	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -
Dahur (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Gujarati	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dakkal	60	Telugu	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	65,000	Hindi	0	64,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Dhangar Bharwad	100,000	Gujarati	0	100,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanka	2,200	Gujarati	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhodia	97,000	Gujarati	0	97,000	100	-1 -	100	-1 -	30
Dubla Talavia	66,000	Dubli	0	66,000	100	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Dubla unspecified	269,000	Dubli	0	268,000	500	40	200	30	80
Dudhwala	800	Gujarati	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gamit	48,000	Gamit	2	47,000	90	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	300
Gandharb (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garasia	1,500	Garasia, Adiwasi	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gopal	500	Gujarati	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	12,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	3,500	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,500	-1 -
Jewish, South Asian	90	Marathi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Kachhia (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Gujarati	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadia (Hindu traditions)	6,100	Kannada	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadia (Muslim traditions)	3,100	Gujarati	0	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanai	1,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	8,700	Marathi	0	8,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Kathodi	1,500	Marathi	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khalpa	2,700	Gujarati	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	65,000	Gujarati	1	65,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatik (Hindu traditions)	6,000	Hindi	0	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khavar	32,000	Gujarati	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khoja	4,300	Gujarati	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kokna	7,300	Kukna	1	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Dhor	5,700	Marathi	1	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Mahadev	9,200	Marathi	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Malhar	1,900	Marathi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli of Gujarat	833,000	Gujarati	1	833,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions)	9,200	Gujarati	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Patelia	25,000	Gujarati	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	177,000	Hindi	0	177,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	600,000	Gujarati	0	600,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Kunbi Anjna	1,600	Gujarati	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Kadwa	1,400	Gujarati	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Lewa	12,000	Gujarati	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kutana	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohana	22,000	Gujarati	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Machhi (Hindu traditions)	177,000	Gujarati	0	177,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	16,000	Marathi	1	4,600	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Konkani	10,000	Marathi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kunbi	312,000	Gujarati	0	312,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	134,000	Marathi	0	133,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Mahyavanshi	72,000	Gujarati	1	71,000	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Makrani (Muslim traditions)	400	Gujarati	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Telugu	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	9,900	Gujarati	0	-1 -	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	4,300	Telugu	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mansoori	5,800	Gujarati	0	-1 -	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maru Kumhar	1,700	Gujarati	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Megh (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Memon	22,000	Gujarati	0	-1 -	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Miana	3,700	Gujarati	0	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Molesalam	1,700	Gujarati	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Molvi	4,100	Gujarati	0	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Momna	3,200	Gujarati	0	-1 -	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadia	1,900	Gujarati	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naikda	23,000	Kannada	0	22,000	20	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Naikda Kapadia	2,300	Gujarati	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Panar	900	Gujarati	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhi	1,200	Pardhi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parsee	4,500	Gujarati	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,500
Pashtun, Pathan	24,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pomla	300	Gujarati	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	5,500	Hindi	0	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabari (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Gujarati	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	9,800	Hindi	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	175,000	Hindi	0	170,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,100
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	4,400	Hindi	0	-1 -	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rathawa	2,000	Rathawi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravalia	282,000	Gujarati	1	278,000	-1 -	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Hindi	1	4,900	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	40,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid Husaini	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	1,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	19,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	4,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	372,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	372,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shemalia	60	Gujarati	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shenva (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Gujarati	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	86,000	Hindi	0	86,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Teli (Hindu traditions)	94,000	Hindi	0	94,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Muslim traditions)	7,700	Hindi	0	-1 -	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakkar	2,700	Marathi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi Barot	200	Gujarati	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	8,000	Telugu	0	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaghri (Muslim traditions)	5,600	Gujarati	0	-1 -	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	1,800	Tamil	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vitholia	5,400	Gujarati	2	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	108,000	Hindi	0	108,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	30,000	Telugu	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Golarana	100	Gujarati	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 175	6,387,000		172 ●	5,536,000	676,000	13,000	19,000	3,600	138,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 387	6,444,000		368 ●	5,579,000	684,000	13,000	23,000	5,700	139,000

* 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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1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
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1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
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3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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