Country: India
Province / State: Chhattisgarh
District: Raipur

Major People Groups

122

Major Unreached People Groups

118

Total Population

2,455,000

Buddhist

0.3 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

93.6 %

Muslim

3.8 %

Sikh

0.6 %

Other Religions

0.9 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Ansari 2,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,100 - - - -
 Audhelia 200 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - 2,900
 Bania unspecified 35,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - 14,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - 200 - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 1,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,900 - - - -
 Bhandari 2,000 Odia Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 95,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 95,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Ghogra 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Bhoi Kharbind 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Kharot 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat 8,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,900 - - - - -
Bhoi Nikhad 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Bhulia 8,200 Odia Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
 Bhunjia 5,000 Bhunjia Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
 Binjhia 7,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,500 - - 30 - -
 Bohra 1,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 3,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Ojha 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 2,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 4,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 52,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50,000 - - - - 1,600
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 104,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 101,000 - 300 2,400 - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) 2,200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 2,200 -
 Chauhan 1,900 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Christian 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 2,300 - -
Daharia 500 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - 20
 Dewar 2,300 Odia Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Dhanwar 800 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Dhimar 40,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 40,000 - - - - -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Dhobi Kanaujia 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Gadaria Dhingar 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Ganda 50,000 Odia Progress Gauge 50,000 - - 200 20 -
 Gauda 3,700 Odia Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - - 60 - -
Gond Kandra 1,800 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - 20
Gond Nagawasi 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - 20
 Gond Rajgond 15,000 Gondi, Northern Progress Gauge 14,000 - - 40 - 100
Gond Singhrolia 1,800 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - 20
 Gond unspecified 238,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 235,000 400 30 600 30 2,400
 Gosain Dasnami 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 5,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Halba 4,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - 40
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 9,300 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 9,300 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 1,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 38,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 38,000 - - - - -
 Kalwar Jaiswal 6,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
 Kamar 8,800 Kamar Progress Gauge 8,700 80 - - - -
 Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 1,100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,100 -
Kammara 7,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,900 - - - - -
Kandra 2,200 Odia Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Kawar 24,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 24,000 40 - 40 - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Khadura 1,400 Odia Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Khairwar 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Khandait 4,000 Odia Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Kolta 33,000 Odia Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Koshti 25,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 104,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 104,000 - - - - -
 Lodha (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - 80 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 26,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 20,000 - 6,700 40 60 -
Mahar (Muslim traditions) 30 Marathi Progress Gauge - 30 - - - -
Mahara 200 Odia Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Mahishya 1,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 6,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,900 - - - - -
 Majhi 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 91,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 91,000 - - - - -
Mali Bhagirathi 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
 Oraon 3,200 Kurux Progress Gauge 400 30 20 2,800 - -
 Paharia 400 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Pan 4,400 Odia Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
 Panika 51,000 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 50,000 - - 300 - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 15,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 15,000 - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Pinjara 3,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,300 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - 400
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 7,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,300 - - 200 - -
 Saora unspecified 5,000 Odia Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
 Satnami 194,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 187,000 - 700 6,500 - -
 Sayyid 5,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,700 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 3,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,100 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 55,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 55,000 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - 300
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 261,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 261,000 - - 200 - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 8,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,500 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Vasudev 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 235,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 235,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 5,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 5,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Jadubans 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - -
Yadav Kamariha 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 122,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 122,000 - - - - -
Yadav Nandbans 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 5,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  122 2,399,000   118 2,255,000 87,000 7,700 16,000 13,000 21,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  409 2,455,000   387 2,298,000 92,000 7,900 18,000 16,000 23,000
* 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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