India, West Bengal state, Purba Bardhaman district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	West Bengal
District:	Purba Bardhaman

Major People Groups

134

Major Unreached People Groups

128

Total Population

3,456,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

84.2 %

Muslim

14.4 %

Sikh

0.5 %

Other Religions

0.5 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Aguri	158,000	Bengali	1	157,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	6,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	164,000	Bengali	0	163,000	-1 -	-1 -	800	50	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Bengali	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	54,000	Bengali	0	54,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	700	Marathi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bajikar (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Bania Agrahari	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Bais	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gandha Banik	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	8,500	Bengali	0	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahesri	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Porwal	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Bania Subarna Banik	3,400	Bengali	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	85,000	Hindi	0	85,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Bauri	143,000	Bengali	1	143,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	40	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhaskar	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	1,400	Bengali	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	3,900	Hindi	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	11,000	Hindi	1	11,000	-1 -	30	200	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	4,800	Bengali	1	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Acharya	7,100	Bengali	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Barna	3,300	Bengali	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhat	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	88,000	Bengali	0	88,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	199,000	Hindi	0	199,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Brahmin Utkal	18,000	Bengali	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vaidik	15,000	Bengali	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	17,000	Bengali	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	128,000	Hindi	1	126,000	-1 -	100	1,900	-1 -	-1 -
Chaudhari, caste	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,000	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	37,000	Odia	1	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Dom Murdafarash	5,200	Odia	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	50,000	Bengali	0	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	28,000	Bengali	1	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Hindi	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	100	Chinese, Mandarin	2	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	30
Jat (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	11,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	2,800	Bengali	1	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Bengali	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Hindi	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	6,600	Bengali	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	2,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaora	1,700	Bengali	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Marathi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	105,000	Hindi	0	105,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	20,000	Bengali	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	2,300	Bengali	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	7,200	Hindi	0	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konwar	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	14,000	Hindi	1	14,000	20	-1 -	40	-1 -	200
Kotal	3,300	Bengali	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	42,000	Hindi	0	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi Mahato	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	7,200	Hindi	0	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahali	2,300	Bengali	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	104,000	Bengali	1	104,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	1,800	Hindi	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	9,700	Hindi	0	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Kewat (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	3,800	Gujarati	0	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	1,700	Mal Paharia	2	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	26,000	Bengali	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirzakhani	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	98,000	Bengali	1	97,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	2,600	Mundari	5	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	200	30	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	39,000	Hindi	0	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Bengali	1	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	14,000	Bengali	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	3,200	Kurux	2	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	8,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	1,300	Bengali	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	8,300	Bengali	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	1,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	8,300	Hindi	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi	60	Bengali	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Bengali	1	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	1,300	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -
Rajput Batsa	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sandilya	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raju	1,700	Bengali	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	1,500	Hindi	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	143,000	Santhali	2	123,000	200	200	3,600	50	16,000
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	7,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	10,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	42,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	60,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	60,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	331,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	331,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	4,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Siyalgir (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Bengali	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	5,600	Bengali	1	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	8,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	48,000	Bengali	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	106,000	Hindi	0	106,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	42,000	Bengali	0	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	267,000	Hindi	0	267,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	176,000	Bengali	0	176,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 134	3,407,000		128 ●	2,871,000	493,000	500	12,000	12,000	17,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 443	3,456,000		410 ●	2,911,000	498,000	1,000	13,000	17,000	18,000

* 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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