Country: India
Province / State: Jharkhand
District: Dhanbad

Major People Groups

144

Major Unreached People Groups

138

Total Population

3,015,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

80.3 %

Muslim

17.1 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

1.9 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Aguri 13,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Ansari 142,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 142,000 - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,600 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 4,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 2,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - 1,200
 Bauri 87,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 86,000 - 20 - 500 -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - 200
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 1,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
Besya (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Bhakat 600 Bengali Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Bhogta 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Ghogra 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat 2,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 35,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 35,000 - 20 - 20 -
 Bhuiya unspecified 32,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 32,000 - 20 - 20 -
Birhor 300 Birhor Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 9,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 9,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Bhumihar 35,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 35,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 8,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Jyoti 4,900 Odia Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 4,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 5,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 94,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 94,000 - - - - -
 Chain 1,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 55,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 54,000 - 100 1,300 - -
 Christian 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 1,700 - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Dangi 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Dhobi Batham 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Dhobi Kanaujia 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Dhobi Kathiya 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Dhobi Parit 1,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Odia Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 60,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 60,000 - 20 - 30 -
 Dusadh Bahelia 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Hadi 48,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 48,000 - - - - -
 Halalkhor (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Halwai Maira 9,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,000 - - - - -
 Ho 1,400 Ho Progress Gauge 1,100 50 - 50 - 200
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 5,000 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 5,000 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 2,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Kalu 1,800 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Kalwar Jaiswal 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Kaora 1,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 1,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Kayastha Mathur 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Khairwar 4,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
 Kharwar 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - 30 - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Kol 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - 600
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Kori 7,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,600 20 - - - 100
 Kumhar Bardiha 8,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
 Kumhar Kanaujia 6,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
Kumhar Mathuria 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 101,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 101,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 430,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 430,000 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 83,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 83,000 - - - - -
 Mahishya 2,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Mahli 11,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 9,400 40 - 20 - 1,100
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 4,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 4,900 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Mochi (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Munda 5,500 Mundari Progress Gauge 4,100 30 - 1,000 - 300
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 6,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 52,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 52,000 - - - - -
Nai Mathuria 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Oraon 5,300 Kurux Progress Gauge 3,300 80 - 1,500 - 400
 Paharia 200 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 2,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,600 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 9,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,400 - 20 - - -
Pasi Gujar 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Poundra 11,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 70,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 70,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 6,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Jadon 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Rajwar 39,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 39,000 - - - - -
Rajwar Nagbansi 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Rajwar Rajbhar 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
Rana 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - 200 - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 186,000 Santhali Progress Gauge 129,000 500 20 2,700 - 54,000
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Satnami 9,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,600 - 20 200 - -
 Sayyid 2,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 3,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,400 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 34,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 34,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 46,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 46,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 268,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 268,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 2,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
Sonar Deswali 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 7,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,100 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 1,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,900 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 49,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 49,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 99,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 99,000 - - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 8,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Tili 3,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
Valmiki (Christian traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 1,100 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 177,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 177,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Gaoli 51,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 51,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 3,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  144 2,966,000   138 2,381,000 512,000 300 9,700 5,600 58,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  386 3,015,000   363 2,422,000 514,000 300 10,000 11,000 59,000
* 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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