India, West Bengal state, Jalpaiguri district people groups

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

Major People Groups

130

Major Unreached People Groups

113

Total Population

2,636,000

Buddhist

0.8 %

Christian

2.9 %

Hindu

80.4 %

Muslim

15.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.6 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	4,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Asur	1,900	Asuri	2	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	50
Badaik	39,000	Sadri	0	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	6,700	Bengali	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Bania Agrahari	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gandha Banik	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	13,000	Bengali	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahajan	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahesri	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Porwal	1,500	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania unspecified	58,000	Hindi	0	58,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Barua	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	1,100	Bhojpuri	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhogta	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia	5,800	Nepali	2	1,600	20	3,800	500	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	5,200	Bengali	1	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	1,100	Hindi	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	1,000	Bengali	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Birjia	200	Munda	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Boro (India)	2	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	6,100	Hindi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	3,400	Bengali	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	46,000	Hindi	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Buna (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	6,200	Bengali	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	6,300	Hindi	1	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Chik Baraik	10,000	Sadri	1	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	500
Darjee	4,600	Nepali	1	4,500	-1 -	60	40	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Doai	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	200	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	900	Nepali	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	1,300	Hindi	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Gosain unspecified	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	1,600	Nepali	2	1,100	-1 -	400	60	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	4,700	Bengali	1	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hira	1,400	Assamese	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	1,800	Ho	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	8,100	Bengali	1	8,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jimdar	3,800	Bengali	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	50,000	Bengali	0	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	6,300	Bengali	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	12,000	Bengali	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	12,000	Nepali	1	11,000	-1 -	200	100	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	6,500	Bengali	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	64,000	Hindi	0	64,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	6,900	Bengali	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khambu	33,000	Bengali	1	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	4,200	Odia	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	3,000	Kharia	2	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharwar	1,700	Hindi	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	100
Konai	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konwar	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	21,000	Bengali	2	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	6,700	-1 -	600
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohara	4,600	Sadri	1	3,700	-1 -	500	300	-1 -	100
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahali	18,000	Bengali	1	16,000	30	-1 -	400	-1 -	800
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	1,100	Marathi	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	21,000	Bengali	1	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	7,600	Hindi	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	1,700	Mal Paharia	2	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Marma (Magh)	900	Rakhine	1	200	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	24,000	Boro (India)	2	15,000	70	-1 -	8,800	-1 -	30
Mishri	800	Bengali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Bengali	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	52,000	Mundari	5	43,000	100	20	8,500	-1 -	800
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	40
Nai (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	206,000	Bengali	1	205,000	-1 -	200	300	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	85,000	Bengali	1	85,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	14,000	Nepali	1	13,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	214,000	Kurux	2	171,000	500	40	34,000	20	8,000
Paharia	400	Mal Paharia	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Beteli	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Guria	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Jilan	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Niazi	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Sur	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	8,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	2,500	Bengali	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	7,100	Assamese	2	2,900	20	200	3,900	-1 -	20
Rai	9,500	Nepali	2	7,300	-1 -	90	300	-1 -	1,800
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	8,200	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	574,000	Bengali	1	573,000	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	53,000	Hindi	0	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Batsa	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sandilya	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	21,000	Santhali	2	13,000	50	-1 -	6,800	-1 -	200
Saora unspecified	1,500	Odia	2	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	40
Sarki	4,000	Nepali	1	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	9,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	2,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Nashya	26,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	27,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	53,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	257,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	257,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	1,100	Nepali	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	17,000	Nepali	2	1,900	40	14,000	800	-1 -	50
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	45,000	Bengali	0	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Hindi	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	57,000	Hindi	0	57,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	9,400	Bengali	0	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	3,000	Nepali	2	1,000	-1 -	70	70	-1 -	1,900
Major Groups (displayed): 130	2,584,000		113 ●	2,077,000	394,000	21,000	75,000	40	16,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 371	2,636,000		337 ●	2,120,000	400,000	22,000	76,000	1,000	17,000

* 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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