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

Major People Groups

183

Major Unreached People Groups

171

Total Population

5,515,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

75.0 %

Muslim

23.3 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

0.7 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Aguri 8,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 8,300 - - - - -
Anglo 8,700 English Progress Gauge - - - 8,700 - -
 Ansari 4,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,300 - - - -
 Arab 60 Arabic, Mesopotamian Progress Gauge - 60 - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 105,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 104,000 - - 900 - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 79,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 79,000 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - 11,000
 Bania Agrahari 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - 400
 Bania Gandha Banik 49,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 49,000 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 4,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - 800
 Bania Kasarwani 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 17,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - 800
 Bania Porwal 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - 1,700
 Bania Rauniar 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 221,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 203,000 - - - - 18,000
 Bauri 1,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Behara 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 4,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,200 - - - -
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Acharaj 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Acharya 3,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Barna 1,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhat 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 55,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 55,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Jyoti 1,500 Odia Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 77,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 77,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 4,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maha 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 4,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maithili 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Ojha 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Brahmin Parikh 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Purohit 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Pushkarna 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 153,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 153,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Rikhisur 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 5,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 5,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Srimali 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 553,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 551,000 - - - - 1,800
 Brahmin Utkal 3,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 18,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 25,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Vyas 1,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Burmese 300 Burmese Progress Gauge - - 300 - - -
 Chain 6,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,200 - - 70 - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - 20 600 - -
Chasadhobi 2,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Christian 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 15,000 - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 1,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Doai 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 7,400 Odia Progress Gauge 7,400 - - - - -
Dom Murdafarash 1,000 Odia Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Drukpa 700 Dzongkha Progress Gauge - - 700 - - -
Dulia 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Hadi 13,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Hajam 2,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,300 - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 38,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 38,000 - - - - -
 Halwai Maira 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 2,400 Chinese, Mandarin Progress Gauge - - 1,500 600 - 300
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - 50
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 7,700 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 7,700 -
 Jewish, South Asian 90 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - 90
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 56,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 56,000 - - - - -
 Kachari Dimasa 1,000 Dimasa Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 121,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 121,000 - - - - -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 8,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 8,400 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 11,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Kalu 4,900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 4,900 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Kalwar (Muslim traditions) 900 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Muslim traditions) 500 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Kandu 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Kaora 7,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Kapali 2,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - 50
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 492,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 492,000 - - 100 - -
 Kayastha Karan 34,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 34,000 - - - - -
 Khandait 46,000 Odia Progress Gauge 46,000 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 4,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
Konwar 90 Bengali Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - 20
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 66,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 66,000 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Mahishya 263,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 262,000 - - 1,200 - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 2,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 1,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 2,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 2,300 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Marma (Magh) 600 Rakhine Progress Gauge 200 - 400 - - -
 Matia 1,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 67,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 67,000 - - - - -
 Munda 1,200 Mundari Progress Gauge 1,000 - - 200 - -
 Naga 1,400 Nagamese Progress Gauge - - - 1,400 - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 70,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 70,000 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 50,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 49,000 - 200 900 - -
 Namassej Chandel 16,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 16,000 - - 300 - -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 1,100 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Oraon 1,000 Kurux Progress Gauge 700 - - 300 - -
 Pashtun Afridi 4,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,300 - - - -
Pashtun Beteli 3,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Dilazak 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
Pashtun Guria 3,500 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,500 - - - -
Pashtun Jilan 3,500 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,500 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 2,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,800 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 4,900 Hindi Progress Gauge - 4,900 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 1,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,300 - - - -
Pashtun Niazi 3,100 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,100 - - - -
Pashtun Sur 3,100 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,100 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 3,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,700 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 57,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 57,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Persian 90 Dari Progress Gauge - 90 - - - -
 Poundra 36,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 35,000 - - 500 - -
 Pundari 5,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
 Qazi 4,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,700 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 13,000 - - 20 - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 203,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 202,000 - - - - 1,500
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge - 2,100 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 1,200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,200 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
Rajput Batsa 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 5,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
Rajput Sandilya 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Raju 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Rayeen (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Sankara 2,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 1,700 Santhali Progress Gauge 1,500 - - 100 - 80
 Sayyid 35,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 35,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 10,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 10,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 111,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 111,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 204,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 204,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 794,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 794,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 6,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 6,100 - - - -
 Sherpa 500 Nepali Progress Gauge 50 - 400 40 - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - 50
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 1,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 2,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 2,600 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 133,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 133,000 - - 500 - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 106,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 105,000 - - 900 - -
 Tili 55,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 55,000 - - - - -
 Tiyar 2,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 265,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 265,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 4,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 4,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 75,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 75,000 - - - - -
 Yakkha 200 Yakkha Progress Gauge 20 - - - - 100
  Major Groups (displayed):  183 5,452,000   171 4,087,000 1,279,000 3,500 37,000 8,900 36,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  464 5,515,000   411 4,136,000 1,284,000 4,500 40,000 14,000 37,000
* 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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