India, Maharashtra state, Chandrapur district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Maharashtra
District:	Chandrapur

Major People Groups

109

Major Unreached People Groups

106

Total Population

2,547,000

Buddhist

11.5 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

82.0 %

Muslim

4.0 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

1.8 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Kannada	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	5,400	Hindi	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Bania unspecified	27,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,300
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	8,200	Lambadi	1	8,100	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barda	40	Marathi	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	2,500	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	100	20	-1 -	-1 -
Basor Kandra	600	Marathi	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Kannada	0	4,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Sunkar	900	Kannada	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhampta	1,600	Marathi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bidur	8,800	Marathi	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	1,300	Telugu	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	28,000	Hindi	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Hindi	1	18,000	-1 -	600	200	-1 -	-1 -
Chitara	200	Odia	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,200	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	100
Dhangar Bharwad	15,000	Gujarati	0	14,000	80	300	80	-1 -	100
Dhimar	97,000	Hindi	0	97,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garpaguri	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Arakh	7,100	Gondi, Northern	0	6,700	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	500
Gond Jhare	7,100	Gondi, Northern	0	6,600	20	20	-1 -	-1 -	500
Gond Mannewar	6,600	Gondi, Adilabad	1	6,200	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Gond Maria	136,000	Gondi, Northern	1	126,000	300	300	90	20	8,700
Gond Rajgond	109,000	Gondi, Northern	1	101,000	200	200	70	-1 -	6,900
Gond Sonjhari	6,100	Gondi, Northern	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Gond unspecified	308,000	Hindi	1	287,000	700	600	200	60	20,000
Gosain unspecified	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gowari	48,000	Marathi	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halba	14,000	Marathi	1	13,000	40	50	-1 -	-1 -	1,200
Jat (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	2,800	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,800	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Telugu	0	4,700	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	1,800	Telugu	0	1,800	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamathi	14,000	Telugu	0	14,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapewar	21,000	Telugu	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	16,000	Telugu	0	16,000	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	129,000	Telugu	0	128,000	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatik (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	20	30	-1 -	-1 -
Kolha	30,000	Ho	1	29,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Mahadev	1,300	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolowar	7,800	Kolami, Northwestern	0	7,700	30	-1 -	20	-1 -	100
Koshti	50,000	Marathi	0	49,000	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	60
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	184,000	Gujarati	0	179,000	-1 -	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	400
Kunbi Anjna	4,700	Gujarati	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Dhaneja	4,100	Marathi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	13,000	Kannada	1	13,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	1,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	41,000	Hindi	0	41,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madgi	27,000	Telugu	1	24,000	-1 -	3,400	300	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Telugu	1	1,800	-1 -	200	30	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	272,000	Marathi	1	5,100	-1 -	267,000	300	200	-1 -
Mahar (Christian traditions)	6,000	Marathi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,000	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	4,300	Bengali	1	4,200	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	21,000	Marathi	1	21,000	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kunbi	1,800	Gujarati	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	61,000	Marathi	0	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Telugu	1	1,400	-1 -	100	20	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Jangam	800	Telugu	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	98,000	Hindi	0	97,000	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mana	112,000	Marathi	0	111,000	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	1,700	Telugu	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manne	1,300	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Christian traditions)	1,200	Marathi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Marathi	1	11,000	-1 -	2,600	100	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	1,200	Bengali	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nanakshahi	700	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhan	49,000	Pardhan	1	47,000	100	100	70	-1 -	2,300
Pardhi	1,800	Pardhi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	11,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	1,200	Bengali	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Bengali	1	2,100	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	9,100	Hindi	0	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Rangrez (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Marathi	0	4,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satani	2,000	Telugu	0	1,900	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satnami	2,100	Hindi	1	2,000	-1 -	80	40	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	7,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	5,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	65,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	65,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	200
Sonjhara	700	Odia	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	9,100	Hindi	0	9,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	112,000	Hindi	0	110,000	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakkar	1,900	Marathi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanjara	4,300	Marathi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	5,900	Tamil	1	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	3,300	Telugu	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	5,000	Hindi	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 109	2,503,000		106 ●	2,056,000	95,000	292,000	10,000	3,800	46,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 328	2,547,000		311 ●	2,090,000	101,000	292,000	11,000	6,100	47,000

* 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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