Country: India
Province / State: Chhattisgarh
District: Balod

Major People Groups

56

Major Unreached People Groups

56

Total Population

908,000

Buddhist

0.4 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

93.5 %

Muslim

0.9 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

4.9 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - 500
 Bania unspecified 8,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - 3,300
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Ghogra 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Bhoi Kharot 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat 3,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - 300
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 130,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 130,000 - 300 300 - -
 Chauhan 2,200 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Dewar 1,100 Odia Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Dhimar 7,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Ganda 9,100 Odia Progress Gauge 9,100 - - - - -
 Gond Rajgond 5,600 Gondi, Northern Progress Gauge 4,900 - - 20 - 700
 Gond unspecified 73,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 47,000 30 - 200 60 26,000
 Gosain unspecified 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Halba 49,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 37,000 20 20 30 60 12,000
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Kalwar Jaiswal 3,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Kawar 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - 90
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Koshti 15,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 41,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 41,000 - - - - -
 Lodha (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Lodha Jariya 4,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 21,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 18,000 - 3,300 - 50 -
 Mahratta unspecified 2,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - 30
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 9,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,200 - - - - -
 Panika 13,000 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Pardhi 1,000 Pardhi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - 100
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - 20 - -
 Satnami 44,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 43,000 - 100 1,000 - -
 Shaikh unspecified 4,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,500 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - 40
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 144,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 144,000 - - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 4,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 68,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 68,000 - - - - 80
 Yadav Dhindhor 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 7,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Jadubans 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  56 876,000   56 821,000 6,000 3,700 1,600 200 44,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  312 908,000   295 849,000 8,100 3,700 2,400 1,000 44,000
* 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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