Country: India
Province / State: Chhattisgarh
District: Kanker

Major People Groups

57

Major Unreached People Groups

55

Total Population

1,166,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

80.9 %

Muslim

0.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

17.9 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 8,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,400 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 5,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - 900
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Lambadi Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
Bidur 15,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 8,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,900 - - - - 60
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - 50 - -
 Christian 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 1,000 - -
Gammalla 40 Odia Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Ganda 18,000 Odia Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Gond Dhuriya 23,000 Duruwa Progress Gauge 17,000 - - 20 - 6,500
Gond Dorla 19,000 Odia Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - 3,600
 Gond Ghotul Muria 4,800 Gondi, Northern Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - 1,300
Gond Kandra 2,300 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - 700
 Gond Maria 150,000 Gondi, Northern Progress Gauge 111,000 60 - 90 - 39,000
 Gond Muria 129,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 92,000 50 - 80 - 36,000
Gond Nagawasi 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - 600
Gond Raja Muria 11,000 Gondi, Northern Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - - 3,100
 Gond Rajgond 43,000 Gondi, Northern Progress Gauge 33,000 - - 30 - 10,000
 Gond unspecified 361,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 259,000 200 - 300 - 102,000
Gontara 30 Odia Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Halba 47,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 43,000 30 - - - 3,800
Halba Kewat 1,000 Halbi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - 80
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Kalwar Jaiswal 5,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Kamar 400 Kamar Progress Gauge 300 - - - - 60
 Koshti 4,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Koya Dora 700 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 15,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 8,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,800 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 8,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,200 - 2,200 - 20 -
Mahara 60 Odia Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Mahishya 2,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Oraon 3,700 Kurux Progress Gauge 1,100 - - 2,500 - -
 Paharia 300 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Panika 4,400 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
 Pardhi 1,500 Pardhi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - 200
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - 70
 Rajput Gaur 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 3,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,500 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 48,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 48,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  57 1,133,000   55 913,000 5,000 2,200 4,100 40 209,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  303 1,166,000   289 944,000 6,100 2,200 4,700 500 209,000
* 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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