India, Bihar state, Madhepura district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Bihar
District:	Madhepura

Major People Groups

100

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

2,297,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

88.5 %

Muslim

11.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Amat	6,400	Hindi	0	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	28,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Bais	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	2,700	Bengali	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Rauniar	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	16,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Bantar	18,000	Maithili	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Kannada	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	1,200	Bhojpuri	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Hindi	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Muslim traditions)	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Kamti	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	2,000	Bhojpuri	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	41,000	Hindi	0	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	5,200	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Jyoti	1,500	Odia	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khandelwal	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Maha	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Maithili	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	14,000	Bengali	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Rikhisur	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	5,600	Hindi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	484,000	Hindi	0	484,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Utkal	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vaidik	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	2,600	Bengali	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	65,000	Hindi	1	64,000	-1 -	20	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Chaupal	1,800	Hindi	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	70,000	Hindi	0	70,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Odia	1	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	61,000	Hindi	0	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	6,900	Hindi	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	29,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	2,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadar	7,300	Hindi	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	31,000	Hindi	0	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	6,200	Hindi	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatwa	6,700	Hindi	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	64,000	Hindi	0	64,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Magahia	1,400	Odia	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurariar	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	45,000	Hindi	0	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maghaiya	30	Hindi	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Hindi	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	5,700	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Markande	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	178,000	Hindi	1	178,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	20	-1 -
Nagar	3,700	Bengali	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parja unspecified	4,700	Odia	1	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	7,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	13,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	62,000	Hindi	0	62,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Hindi	1	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	11,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	8,400	Santhali	2	8,300	20	-1 -	100	-1 -	20
Sayyid	18,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	12,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	8,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	148,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	148,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Hindi	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	63,000	Bengali	0	63,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	52,000	Hindi	0	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	31,000	Hindi	0	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thathera (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	3,000	Bengali	1	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	201,000	Hindi	0	201,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Muslim traditions)	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	79,000	Hindi	0	79,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 100	2,256,000		99 ●	1,999,000	256,000	60	1,200	20	200
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 247	2,297,000		237 ●	2,032,000	263,000	60	1,400	200	200

* 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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