India, Bihar state, Nawada district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Bihar
District:	Nawada

Major People Groups

100

Major Unreached People Groups

100

Total Population

2,523,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

89.0 %

Muslim

10.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	36,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Hindi	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Bania Mahur	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Rauniar	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Sinduria	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bansphor (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bari (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Kannada	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhogta	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	1,200	Hindi	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	9,500	Hindi	1	9,500	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	47,000	Hindi	0	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Jijhotia	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	9,200	Hindi	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	57,000	Hindi	0	57,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Chain	3,300	Bengali	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	72,000	Hindi	1	70,000	-1 -	60	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Devhar	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Odia	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	50,000	Hindi	0	50,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	5,500	Hindi	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	114,000	Hindi	0	114,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Telugu	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	7,800	Hindi	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Marathi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	219,000	Hindi	0	219,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Kanaujia	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Hindi	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	45,000	Hindi	0	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	8,800	Hindi	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Hindi	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	158,000	Hindi	1	158,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	20	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	39,000	Hindi	0	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Durrani	600	Urdu	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	13,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	85,000	Hindi	0	85,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi Gujar	7,800	Hindi	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi Kaithwan	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi Rajpasi	16,000	Hindi	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	7,600	Hindi	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	97,000	Hindi	0	97,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gaur	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Jadon	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Parihar	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sengar	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	160,000	Hindi	1	160,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar Nagbansi	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar Rajbhar	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Hindi	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Sangtarash (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	11,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	18,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	5,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	177,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	177,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Barhaiya	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Jathera	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Kammakala	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Magahiya	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Bengali	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	60,000	Hindi	0	60,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thathera (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Hindi	1	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	427,000	Hindi	0	427,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	6,900	Hindi	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	102,000	Hindi	0	102,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	3,200	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	6,600	Hindi	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 100	2,483,000		100 ●	2,216,000	266,000	200	1,100	50	400
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 249	2,523,000		238 ●	2,246,000	276,000	200	1,300	300	400

* 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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