India, West Bengal state, Dakshin Dinajpur district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	West Bengal
District:	Dakshin Dinajpur

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,872,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.3 %

Hindu

69.2 %

Muslim

29.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Bengali	1	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Bengali	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	7,700	Hindi	0	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Kannada	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Hindu traditions)	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhogta	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	16,000	Bengali	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	1,200	Hindi	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	2,400	Hindi	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	7,400	Hindi	0	7,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	45,000	Hindi	0	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Buna (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Bengali	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	9,000	Hindi	1	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,100	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	6,600	Bengali	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	5,600	Bengali	1	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Hindi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jaraj (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	16,000	Bengali	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	49,000	Bengali	0	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	6,500	Bengali	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	10,000	Bengali	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	52,000	Hindi	0	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	2,600	Bengali	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	2,200	Kharia	2	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Koch	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konai	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konwar	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	2,000	Hindi	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	51,000	Hindi	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi Mahato	4,100	Bengali	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurol	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohara	2,200	Sadri	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahali	2,800	Bengali	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	48,000	Bengali	1	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Hindi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Kewat (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	2,800	Mal Paharia	2	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mishri	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	28,000	Mundari	5	25,000	70	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	300
Nai (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	44,000	Bengali	1	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	24,000	Bengali	1	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	44,000	Kurux	2	42,000	100	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	300
Paharia	600	Mal Paharia	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paliya	63,000	Bengali	0	63,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	4,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	4,300	Bengali	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	2,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	1,400	Assamese	2	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	261,000	Bengali	1	261,000	-1 -	40	40	20	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Rajput Batsa	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sandilya	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	167,000	Santhali	2	148,000	400	-1 -	17,000	20	1,000
Sayyid	3,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	10,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	52,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	69,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	69,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	392,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	392,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	6,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	6,300	Hindi	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Bengali	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	3,600	Bengali	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Hindi	1	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	10,000	Bengali	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 95	1,841,000		88 ●	1,270,000	544,000	80	25,000	70	2,200
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 268	1,872,000		246 ●	1,295,000	549,000	100	25,000	300	2,700

* 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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