India, Maharashtra state, Raigarh district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Maharashtra
District:	Raigarh

Major People Groups

101

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

3,004,000

Buddhist

4.3 %

Christian

0.6 %

Hindu

85.8 %

Muslim

8.2 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

0.8 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ager (Hindu traditions)	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agri	50,000	Marathi	0	49,000	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	8,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai Kharadi	1,900	Gujarati	0	1,800	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Bengali	0	5,000	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	6,400	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,800
Bania Chetti	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gujar	4,000	Gujarati	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Nima	1,900	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bania Saitwal	600	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bania unspecified	44,000	Hindi	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,300
Barutgar	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	4,800	Hindi	0	4,800	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Kannada	0	2,700	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhansala	15,000	Marathi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhil unspecified	2,800	Gujarati	1	2,600	80	100	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Hindi	0	7,100	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Chitpavan	17,000	Marathi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Deshastha	1,900	Marathi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Devarukha	1,300	Marathi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gujarati	1,600	Gujarati	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Karbadu	1,800	Marathi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	1,200	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	88,000	Hindi	0	87,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	600
Budega Jangam	1,300	Telugu	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Byari (Beary)	1,600	Konkani	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Hindi	1	21,000	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,300	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhangar Bharwad	2,000	Gujarati	0	1,900	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Parit	5,800	Marathi	0	5,600	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhor	1,000	Marathi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	2,500	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	2,600	Hindi	1	2,600	20	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gondhali	700	Marathi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	4,000	Hindi	0	3,900	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	4,200	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,200	-1 -
Jewish, South Asian	300	Marathi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Kathodi	121,000	Marathi	1	120,000	200	100	30	-1 -	300
Khatik (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kokna	1,100	Kukna	1	900	200	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolhati	300	Marathi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Dhor	1,500	Marathi	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Mahadev	75,000	Marathi	0	75,000	200	30	-1 -	-1 -	90
Koli Son	60	Marathi	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	138,000	Gujarati	0	134,000	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	400
Kunbi Anjna	1,000	Gujarati	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Konkani	72,000	Konkani, Goan	0	69,000	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	200
Kunbi Tirole	18,000	Marathi	0	17,000	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	1,300	Kannada	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	5,400	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,400
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	74,000	Marathi	1	2,700	-1 -	70,000	400	40	-1 -
Mahar (Christian traditions)	9,700	Marathi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,700	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Jadhav	116,000	Marathi	0	112,000	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	200
Mahratta Konkani	97,000	Marathi	0	94,000	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	100
Mahratta Kunbi	139,000	Gujarati	0	136,000	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Shinde	1,200	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	1,164,000	Marathi	0	1,127,000	-1 -	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,700
Mala Jangam	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	65,000	Hindi	0	63,000	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	4,500	Gujarati	0	-1 -	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Hindu traditions)	9,200	Marathi	1	7,500	-1 -	1,700	60	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Hindi	0	21,000	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	2,200	Kurux	2	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	4,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patvekari (Hindu traditions)	300	Kannada	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patvekari (Muslim traditions)	50	Urdu	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pomla	20	Gujarati	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Prabhu Kayastha	16,000	Marathi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Prabhu Patane	5,900	Marathi	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	8,000	Hindi	0	7,700	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	3,700	Kannada	0	3,600	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	43,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	14,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	4,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	154,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	154,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Siddi (Hindu traditions)	500	Kannada	2	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Somvanshi	6,900	Marathi	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Hindi	0	32,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	200
Syrian Christian	1,100	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	5,900	Hindi	0	5,800	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakkar	92,000	Marathi	0	92,000	90	-1 -	20	-1 -	200
Vakkaliga unspecified	2,200	Kannada	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	1,700	Tamil	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 101	2,961,000		95 ●	2,550,000	239,000	130,000	15,000	4,300	21,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 311	3,004,000		289 ●	2,577,000	246,000	130,000	18,000	7,400	23,000

* 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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