Country: India
Province / State: West Bengal
District: Paschim Medinipur

Major People Groups

182

Major Unreached People Groups

175

Total Population

6,801,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

86.8 %

Muslim

10.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

2.2 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Ansari 27,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 27,000 - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 246,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 246,000 - 200 200 30 -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
 Baiga 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 203,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 203,000 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - 400
 Bania Agrahari 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 8,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,800 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 7,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - 100
 Bania Porwal 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - 30
 Bania Subarna Banik 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 94,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 93,000 - - - - 1,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Bathudi 3,900 Odia Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Bauri 37,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 37,000 - - - - -
 Behara 600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 13,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 13,000 - - - -
Bhakat 40 Bengali Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Bhaskar 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Bhogta 7,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,600 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 6,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,500 - 20 - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - 60 - - -
 Bhumij 83,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 82,000 300 20 60 - 900
 Brahmin Acharya 9,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 9,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Barna 4,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhat 3,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maithili 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 112,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 112,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 255,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 254,000 - 80 - - 200
 Brahmin Utkal 18,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 17,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 20,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Chain 16,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 16,000 - - 60 - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 26,000 - 20 1,000 - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 700 Marathi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Christian 6,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 6,000 - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 2,200 - - - -
Doai 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Odia Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
Dom Murdafarash 4,900 Odia Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
Dulia 38,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 38,000 - - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Gavara 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Gokha 1,100 Odia Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Hadi 49,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 47,000 - - 2,100 20 -
 Hajam 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - -
 Halwai Maira 4,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
Hazra (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Ho 13,000 Ho Progress Gauge 12,000 30 - - - 300
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 1,400 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,400 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 74,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 74,000 - - - - -
Kadar 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 31,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 31,000 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 61,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 61,000 - - - - -
 Kalu 9,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 9,000 - - - -
Kandra 15,000 Odia Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Kaora 2,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Kapali 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kapariya 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Karenga 6,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 5,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 214,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 214,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 37,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 37,000 - - - - -
Khadala 15,000 Odia Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Khairwar 9,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 9,800 - - - - -
 Khandait 27,000 Odia Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Kharia 18,000 Kharia Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Kharwar 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - 30
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
Konwar 70 Bengali Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Kori 25,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 60 - 1,400 - 400
Kotal 2,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Kumhar Magahia 10,000 Odia Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 129,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 129,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 339,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 339,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi Mahato 34,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 34,000 - - - - -
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 44,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 44,000 - - 20 - 500
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 65,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 65,000 - - - - -
 Mahali 11,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 10,000 20 - 200 - 300
 Mahanta 19,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 14,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 14,000 - 200 - 50 -
 Mahishya 379,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 377,000 - 100 1,800 - -
Mahuria 300 Odia Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 22,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 22,000 - - - -
 Matia 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
Mir 900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
Mirzakhani 400 Bengali Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Munda 57,000 Mundari Progress Gauge 56,000 200 - 100 - 800
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 130,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 130,000 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 63,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 62,000 - - 900 - -
 Namassej Chandel 33,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 32,000 - - 300 - -
 Newah 3,900 Nepali Progress Gauge 3,800 - 200 - - -
 Oraon 2,300 Kurux Progress Gauge 2,100 - - 100 - -
 Pan 18,000 Odia Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Panika 6,500 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 1,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,300 - - - -
Pashtun Beteli 900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
Pashtun Guria 900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
Pashtun Jilan 900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
Pashtun Khalil 200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
Pashtun Niazi 900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
Pashtun Sur 900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 55,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 55,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Pasi Turuk 60 Urdu Progress Gauge - 60 - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
Patralu 1,100 Odia Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Pinjara 8,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 8,300 - - - -
 Poundra 11,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Pundari 10,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
Puran Bhaja 40 Panchpargania Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Puran unspecified 80 Panchpargania Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Qazi 2,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,400 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 40,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 40,000 - 20 - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 20,000 - - 300 - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 72,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 72,000 - - - - 200
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Rajput Batsa 2,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Rajput Sandilya 2,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Raju 207,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 207,000 - - - - -
 Rajwar 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Rautia 6,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,400 - - - - -
Sagarbanshi 1,300 Odia Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Sahi 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Samanthan 1,700 Odia Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Sankara 8,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 8,800 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 457,000 Santhali Progress Gauge 307,000 1,200 70 8,300 90 141,000
 Saora unspecified 15,000 Odia Progress Gauge 15,000 30 - 20 - 200
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Sayyid 27,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 27,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 4,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,500 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 44,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 44,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 41,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 41,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 440,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 440,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 2,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,800 - - - -
Siyalgir (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - 40
Sukli 17,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 7,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,600 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 41,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 41,000 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 38,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 38,000 - - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 313,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 313,000 - - - - -
 Tanti (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 195,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 195,000 - - - - -
 Tili 90,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 90,000 - - - - -
 Tiyar 6,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 445,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 445,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 4,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 4,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 363,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 363,000 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  182 6,750,000   175 5,862,000 716,000 1,000 23,000 1,700 147,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  407 6,801,000   373 5,906,000 720,000 2,000 24,000 2,800 147,000
* 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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