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

Major People Groups

181

Major Unreached People Groups

173

Total Population

6,667,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

81.7 %

Muslim

17.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.7 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Aguri 30,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Ansari 47,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 47,000 - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 642,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 641,000 - 200 - 80 -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 54,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 54,000 - - - - -
 Baiti 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - 300
 Bania Agrahari 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 6,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 31,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 31,000 - - - - -
 Bania Kasarwani 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 11,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - 200
 Bania Porwal 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - 100
 Bania Subarna Banik 30,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 115,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 113,000 - - - - 1,800
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Lambadi Progress Gauge 5,700 - - - - -
 Barua 50 Bengali Progress Gauge - - 50 - - -
Baul 2,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,200 300 - - - -
 Bauri 128,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 128,000 - - - 40 -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 5,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,700 - - - -
 Bhar 5,100 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 1,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 6,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - 20 - - -
 Bhumij 22,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 22,000 100 - - - 20
 Bind 2,300 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Birhor 200 Birhor Progress Gauge 200 - - - - 20
 Brahmin Acharaj 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Acharya 2,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Barna 1,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhat 1,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 36,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 57,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 57,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 5,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maithili 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 142,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 142,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Rikhisur 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 321,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 321,000 - - - - 70
 Brahmin Utkal 2,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 14,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 20,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 8,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 8,700 - - - - -
 Chain 7,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,900 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 66,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 64,000 - 20 1,700 - -
Chasadhobi 4,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
 Christian 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 2,000 - -
 Dhanuk 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Odia Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
Dom Murdafarash 3,300 Odia Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
Dulia 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 7,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,000 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - 30
 Gosain Dasnami 4,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Hadi 42,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 42,000 - - - 20 -
 Halalkhor (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 51,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 51,000 - - - - -
 Halwai Maira 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 200 Chinese, Mandarin Progress Gauge - - 200 20 - 20
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 1,200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,200 -
 Jhalo Malo 16,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 88,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 88,000 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 42,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 42,000 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 57,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 57,000 - - - - -
 Kalu 8,400 Bengali Progress Gauge - 8,400 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kandu 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Kaora 22,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Kapali 1,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Karenga 700 Bengali Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - 20
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 154,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 154,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 7,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Khairwar 18,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Khandait 11,000 Odia Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Kharwar 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Kol 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Konwar 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kori 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 40 - - - 500
Kotal 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 60,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 60,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 5,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,700 - - 30 - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Mahali 2,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Mahanta 3,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 1,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,500 - 30 - - -
 Mahishya 769,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 768,000 - - 1,000 - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 4,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Mallah (Muslim traditions) 3,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,200 - - - -
Mallah Chain (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions) 2,300 Bengali Progress Gauge - 2,300 - - - -
Mallah Kewat (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Marma (Magh) 900 Rakhine Progress Gauge 70 - 800 - - -
 Matia 2,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
Mir 4,800 Bengali Progress Gauge - 4,800 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 77,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 77,000 - - - - -
 Munda 4,700 Mundari Progress Gauge 4,600 20 - 40 - 50
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 65,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 65,000 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 125,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 125,000 - - 20 30 -
 Namassej Chandel 44,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 44,000 - - - - -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge - 2,400 - - - -
 Oraon 6,600 Kurux Progress Gauge 6,000 - - 300 - 300
 Pan 1,500 Odia Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 1,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,500 - - - -
Pashtun Beteli 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Dilazak 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
Pashtun Guria 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
Pashtun Jilan 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
Pashtun Niazi 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
Pashtun Sur 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 46,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 46,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - -
 Pasi (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 4,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
 Poundra 25,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Pundari 8,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
 Qazi 5,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,700 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 44,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 44,000 - - 200 - -
 Rajbhar 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 45,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 45,000 - - - - 70
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Rajput Batsa 1,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Rajput Sandilya 1,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Raju 2,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Rajwar 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - 30 - -
Sankara 7,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 157,000 Santhali Progress Gauge 110,000 500 - 900 30 45,000
 Saora unspecified 3,400 Odia Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Sarki 300 Nepali Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Sayyid 13,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 13,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 8,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 8,200 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 88,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 88,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 183,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 183,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 720,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 720,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 4,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,900 - - - -
Siyalgir (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 49,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 49,000 - - - - 50
Sukli 21,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 9,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 9,700 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 34,000 - - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 161,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 161,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 103,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 103,000 - - - - -
 Tili 125,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 125,000 - - - - -
 Tiyar 19,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 485,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 485,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 7,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 7,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 318,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 318,000 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  181 6,628,000   173 5,411,000 1,158,000 1,500 6,300 1,500 49,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  394 6,667,000   360 5,445,000 1,161,000 1,700 7,200 2,600 49,000
* 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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