India, West Bengal state, Darjeeling district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	West Bengal
District:	Darjeeling

Major People Groups

111

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,621,000

Buddhist

10.9 %

Christian

7.2 %

Hindu

73.0 %

Muslim

7.1 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

1.7 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	2,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Asur	400	Asuri	2	300	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Badaik	5,800	Sadri	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Hindi	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	200	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bengali	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	6,200	Bengali	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,300	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bania unspecified	5,400	Hindi	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900
Besya (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia	39,000	Nepali	2	3,400	200	31,000	3,800	-1 -	30
Bhotia Sikkim	8,400	Sikkimese	1	2,000	-1 -	4,700	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	1,300	Bengali	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Binjhia	2,200	Hindi	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Birjia	600	Munda	2	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	6,700	Hindi	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	4,200	Hindi	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	5,700	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	63,000	Hindi	0	62,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Buna (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	12,000	Nepali	1	12,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chik (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chik Baraik	3,200	Sadri	1	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	60
Christian	4,900	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,900	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	9,700	Nepali	1	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanwar	2,300	Chhattisgarhi	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimal	2,800	Maithili	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Dom (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Odia	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	4,000	Dzongkha	0	500	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	2,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	1,400	Nepali	0	1,400	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	13,000	Bengali	1	12,000	-1 -	90	400	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain Dasnami	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	5,700	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	66,000	Nepali	2	45,000	-1 -	9,200	11,000	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	4,700	Bengali	1	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jimdar	72,000	Bengali	0	72,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Bengali	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kagate	40	Syuba	1	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	2,600	Bengali	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	29,000	Nepali	1	29,000	-1 -	400	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khambu	160,000	Bengali	1	159,000	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	1,300	Odia	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khavar	3,000	Gujarati	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kisan	1,900	Hindi	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kol	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konwar	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	50	Nepali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Hindi	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lhomi	1,200	Lhomi	2	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	100	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	2,200	Bengali	2	800	70	40	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	104,000	Nepali	2	96,000	-1 -	400	7,600	-1 -	-1 -
Mahali	1,100	Bengali	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	2,200	Bengali	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	2,200	Hindi	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	2,200	Mal Paharia	2	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	2,200	Boro (India)	2	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Mishri	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bengali	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	17,000	Mundari	5	12,000	40	20	5,100	-1 -	100
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Hindi	1	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	41,000	Bengali	1	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	12,000	Bengali	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	56,000	Nepali	1	54,000	-1 -	400	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	64,000	Kurux	2	29,000	200	1,000	33,000	30	300
Pashtun, Pathan	3,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	34,000	Nepali	2	16,000	-1 -	100	5,600	-1 -	13,000
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	144,000	Bengali	1	141,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Rayeen (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rongkup-Lepcha	28,000	Lepcha	2	1,000	70	17,000	10,000	-1 -	50
Santal (Sawntal)	17,000	Santhali	2	14,000	50	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	80
Sarki	5,300	Nepali	1	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Sauria Paharia	600	Mal Paharia	2	300	-1 -	200	70	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	7,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	6,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	83,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	83,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	18,000	Nepali	2	5,400	-1 -	7,800	4,300	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	6,300	Hindi	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Sunuwar	29,000	Nepali	1	20,000	-1 -	20	1,600	-1 -	6,600
Tamang	100,000	Nepali	2	4,000	200	90,000	5,000	20	90
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	6,400	Hindi	0	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	14,000	Bhojpuri	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	5,700	Tibetan, Central	1	60	-1 -	5,500	200	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakkha	3,900	Yakkha	2	1,700	-1 -	60	200	-1 -	1,900
Yakthumba, Limbu	39,000	Nepali	2	28,000	50	3,300	6,000	-1 -	2,300
Major Groups (displayed): 111	1,574,000		91 ●	1,147,000	110,000	177,000	114,000	100	27,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 325	1,621,000		284 ●	1,183,000	116,000	177,000	117,000	1,700	27,000

* 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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