India, Maharashtra state, Akola district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Maharashtra
District:	Akola

Major People Groups

129

Major Unreached People Groups

127

Total Population

1,974,000

Buddhist

16.8 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

60.8 %

Muslim

21.3 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.9 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Andh	24,000	Marathi	0	23,000	30	40	-1 -	-1 -	30
Atari	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	9,800	-1 -	400	100	-1 -	-1 -
Bahrupi	200	Marathi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balasantoshi	1,200	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	7,600	Hindi	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,900
Bania Lad	1,900	Gujarati	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahur	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Saitwal	700	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania unspecified	48,000	Hindi	0	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,300
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	48,000	Lambadi	1	46,000	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Lambadi	1	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bari (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Hindi	0	27,000	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Kashmir (Muslim traditions)	90	Urdu	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	6,600	Kannada	0	6,400	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Kannada	0	2,600	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	8,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhampta	1,000	Marathi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhil unspecified	6,100	Gujarati	1	6,000	70	60	-1 -	-1 -	30
Bidur	7,100	Marathi	0	6,700	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Deshastha	1,500	Marathi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	2,100	Marathi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ojha	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	6,500	Hindi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	49,000	Hindi	0	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Hindi	1	20,000	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chitrakar (Hindu traditions)	900	Marathi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	400
Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Telugu	0	2,300	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhangar Bharwad	2,700	Gujarati	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimar	11,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhor	1,700	Marathi	0	1,700	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dohor	2,800	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ellamalawar	500	Kannada	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gaondi	500	Marathi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garpaguri	3,400	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghisadi	600	Marathi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	10,000	Hindi	1	10,000	50	40	-1 -	-1 -	100
Gondhali	3,900	Marathi	0	3,800	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gopal	3,000	Gujarati	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	5,900	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	50
Gowari	3,600	Marathi	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halba	1,700	Marathi	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hammal	30	Urdu	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hatkar	5,000	Marathi	0	4,700	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Javeri	50	Hindi	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Bengali	0	3,800	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi Kanphata (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Telugu	0	12,000	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	4,900	Telugu	0	4,700	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	7,700	Hindi	0	7,400	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	1,300	Telugu	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	6,900	Marathi	0	6,200	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	300
Khatik (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatik (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolhati	1,800	Marathi	0	1,700	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Mahadev	19,000	Marathi	0	18,000	30	400	-1 -	-1 -	90
Korku	12,000	Korku	1	12,000	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	3,500	Marathi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	30
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	198,000	Gujarati	0	194,000	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	700
Kunbi Anjna	2,500	Gujarati	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Ghatole	7,100	Marathi	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Hindre	2,900	Marathi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingader	400	Marathi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	3,700	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,700
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	9,700	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	286,000	Marathi	1	4,900	-1 -	281,000	-1 -	200	-1 -
Mahar (Christian traditions)	1,700	Marathi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Muslim traditions)	200	Marathi	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	9,700	Marathi	1	9,300	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Jadhav	19,000	Marathi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kunbi	1,100	Gujarati	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	200,000	Marathi	0	198,000	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mairal	100	Marathi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	84,000	Hindi	0	79,000	-1 -	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	4,200	Gujarati	0	-1 -	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manbhav	2,900	Marathi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Christian traditions)	1,500	Marathi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Hindu traditions)	44,000	Marathi	1	19,000	-1 -	26,000	-1 -	20	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Bengali	1	1,600	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mudugar	50	Tamil	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	6,600	Hindi	0	6,300	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nanakshahi	80	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -
Paharia	700	Mal Paharia	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pangul	1,900	Marathi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhi	22,000	Pardhi	0	21,000	100	80	-1 -	-1 -	60
Pashtun Afridi	5,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Ghilzai	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak)	1,600	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Mohmand	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	4,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	84,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	84,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patharwat	1,300	Marathi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Prabhu	800	Gujarati	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	90
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Rangrez (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Marathi	0	10,000	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	5,100	Kannada	0	4,800	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sarera (Hindu traditions)	900	Punjabi, Eastern	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satnami	4,600	Hindi	1	4,400	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	33,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid Husaini	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	3,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	36,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	7,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	213,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	213,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	1,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	2,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Hindi	0	28,000	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Sahu	4,600	Marathi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakkar	4,000	Marathi	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Telugu	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Buddhist traditions)	500	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	5,900	Hindi	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanjara	26,000	Marathi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vasudev	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	1,500	Tamil	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	7,700	Hindi	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 129	1,934,000		127 ●	1,171,000	412,000	331,000	3,300	300	16,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 351	1,974,000		337 ●	1,200,000	420,000	331,000	4,500	1,500	18,000

* 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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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
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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