India, Madhya Pradesh state, Chhindwara district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Madhya Pradesh
District:	Chhindwara

Major People Groups

113

Major Unreached People Groups

112

Total Population

2,382,000

Buddhist

1.0 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

92.1 %

Muslim

4.6 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

1.9 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Kannada	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	6,500	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,100
Bania Ajudhyabansi	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahesri	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Oswal	2,000	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,800
Bania Saitwal	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	25,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,700
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Lambadi	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barahar	4,800	Hindi	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor Kandra	80	Marathi	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharia Bhumia	32,000	Hindi	0	32,000	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoyar	56,000	Hindi	0	56,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bidur	2,100	Marathi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ojha	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	38,000	Hindi	0	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	50,000	Hindi	1	49,000	-1 -	300	300	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Hindi	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhangar Bharwad	4,700	Gujarati	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimar	31,000	Hindi	0	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garpaguri	4,300	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghosi (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Muria	65,000	Hindi	1	63,000	90	-1 -	200	-1 -	2,600
Gond Nagawasi	63,000	Hindi	1	60,000	90	-1 -	100	-1 -	2,500
Gond unspecified	621,000	Hindi	1	593,000	900	200	2,200	70	24,000
Gosain Dasnami	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gowari	12,000	Marathi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Gujar (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	1,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachhi (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Hindi	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	8,500	Hindi	0	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Marathi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Katia	47,000	Hindi	0	47,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	1,200	Kharia	2	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Gujarati	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatik (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kirar	19,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kol	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Mahadev	3,700	Marathi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Malhar	1,100	Marathi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	16,000	Marathi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	88,000	Gujarati	0	88,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Kunbi Dhaneja	5,500	Marathi	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Khaire	5,600	Marathi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Khedule	5,600	Marathi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Lonari	5,500	Marathi	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Tirole	5,500	Marathi	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lakhera	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	56,000	Hindi	0	56,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha Jariya	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Hindi	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	112,000	Marathi	1	88,000	-1 -	24,000	300	50	-1 -
Mahratta Kunbi	6,400	Gujarati	0	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	50,000	Marathi	0	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	41,000	Hindi	0	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manbhav	600	Marathi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mang Garudi	7,100	Marathi	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Hindu traditions)	5,500	Marathi	1	5,300	-1 -	100	70	-1 -	-1 -
Mawasi	89,000	Hindi	0	88,000	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Nai (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nanakshahi	30	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -
Naroda	39,000	Hindi	0	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhan	19,000	Pardhan	1	19,000	40	-1 -	30	-1 -	300
Pashtun Afridi	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	23,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	21,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	53,000	Hindi	0	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Rajput Agnivansi	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Jadu	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Surajbansi	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	9,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	3,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	42,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	9,500	Hindi	0	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	73,000	Hindi	0	73,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Hindi	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vasudev	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	99,000	Hindi	0	99,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	3,600	Hindi	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	8,900	Telugu	0	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Jadubans	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kamariha	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Nandbans	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 113	2,337,000		112 ●	2,159,000	106,000	25,000	3,200	1,200	44,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 313	2,382,000		302 ●	2,195,000	110,000	25,000	5,200	2,300	45,000

* 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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