Country: India
Province / State: Chhattisgarh
District: Durg

Major People Groups

80

Major Unreached People Groups

77

Total Population

1,925,000

Buddhist

0.8 %

Christian

1.3 %

Hindu

92.3 %

Muslim

3.5 %

Sikh

1.1 %

Other Religions

1.0 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 7,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,100 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 4,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - 2,400
 Bania unspecified 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - 11,000
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 1,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,500 - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 83,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 83,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Ghogra 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Bhoi Kharot 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat 8,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
 Bhoi Nikhad 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 37,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - 1,000
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 207,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 194,000 - 2,600 11,000 - -
 Chauhan 5,000 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
 Christian 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 1,600 - -
 Dewar 2,000 Odia Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Dhimar 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Dhobi Kanaujia 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Dhobi Kathiya 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Ganda 19,000 Odia Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Gond Kandra 200 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Gond Rajgond 10,000 Gondi, Northern Progress Gauge 9,800 20 - 100 - 300
 Gond unspecified 98,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 93,000 200 100 2,000 50 2,500
 Gosain Dasnami 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 4,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
 Halba 79,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 78,000 100 100 500 50 30
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 12,000 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 12,000 -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 37,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 37,000 - - - - -
 Kalwar Jaiswal 7,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,800 - - - - -
 Kawar 4,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,700 20 - 100 - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Koshti 34,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 34,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 99,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 99,000 - - - - -
 Lodha (Hindu traditions) 31,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 31,000 - - - - -
 Lodha Jariya 8,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,500 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 24,000 - - 100 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 44,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 32,000 - 12,000 - 100 -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 1,300 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 1,300 - -
Mahara 80 Odia Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Mahishya 1,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 5,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - 70
 Majhi 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 68,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 68,000 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Oraon 1,700 Kurux Progress Gauge 1,500 - 20 80 - 20
 Panika 30,000 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Pardhi 2,100 Pardhi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 20,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 20,000 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - 200
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 3,700 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 3,700 -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 9,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,500 - 20 400 - -
 Satnami 51,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 48,000 - 700 2,400 - -
 Sayyid 6,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 6,100 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 3,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 32,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 32,000 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 9,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,000 - - - - 100
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 338,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 338,000 - - 800 - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 9,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,900 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 179,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 179,000 - - 20 - 200
 Yadav Dhindhor 4,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 4,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 14,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Jadubans 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Yadav Kamariha 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Yadav Nandbans 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 4,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  80 1,867,000   77 1,737,000 63,000 16,000 20,000 16,000 18,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  369 1,925,000   345 1,776,000 68,000 16,000 24,000 22,000 20,000
* 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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