India, Jharkhand state, Singhbhum, East district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Jharkhand
District:	Singhbhum, East

Major People Groups

113

Major Unreached People Groups

105

Total Population

2,447,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.1 %

Hindu

67.9 %

Muslim

10.2 %

Sikh

1.7 %

Other Religions

19.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Angarok	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	2,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Bengali	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	6,700	Bengali	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	11,000	Hindi	0	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Bathudi	3,300	Odia	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	2,600	Bengali	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Bhakat	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhandari	3,000	Odia	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhaskar	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	8,500	Hindi	0	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	2,400	Hindi	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	14,000	Hindi	1	14,000	-1 -	80	100	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	127,000	Bengali	1	79,000	90	-1 -	200	-1 -	48,000
Birhor	400	Birhor	2	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Brahmin Bengali	15,000	Bengali	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	7,700	Hindi	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	70,000	Hindi	0	70,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Buna (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	2,600	Bengali	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	1	11,000	-1 -	100	100	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	6,600	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,600	-1 -	-1 -
Dangi	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kanaujia	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Odia	1	15,000	-1 -	100	200	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Hindi	0	3,600	-1 -	30	30	-1 -	-1 -
Ganda	11,000	Odia	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharb (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda	188,000	Odia	0	188,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Hindi	1	25,000	-1 -	80	300	20	-1 -
Ghosi (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	4,100	Hindi	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	300
Gorait	700	Sadri	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Guria	1,100	Odia	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	6,200	Bengali	1	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	58,000	Ho	1	7,300	100	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	49,000
Jat (Sikh traditions)	22,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	22,000	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Hindi	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaora	1,800	Bengali	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karan	1,700	Odia	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	37,000	Hindi	0	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	7,100	Bengali	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	8,700	Odia	0	8,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	11,000	Kharia	2	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	3,500
Kol	3,000	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	1,800
Kori	2,400	Hindi	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Kumhar Bardiha	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Kanaujia	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Magahia	5,700	Odia	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	115,000	Hindi	0	115,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	2,600	Bengali	2	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	74,000	Hindi	0	74,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohara	5,700	Sadri	1	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	700
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Telugu	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahanta	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	86,000	Bengali	1	86,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	14,000	Marathi	1	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	9,400
Mahuria	100	Odia	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	10,000	Hindi	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	5,700	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	7,000	Hindi	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	55,000	Mundari	5	31,000	50	-1 -	6,500	-1 -	18,000
Nai (Hindu traditions)	9,300	Hindi	0	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	13,000	Kurux	2	2,000	70	-1 -	7,200	-1 -	3,300
Paharia	300	Mal Paharia	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pan	1,300	Odia	1	1,300	-1 -	20	60	-1 -	-1 -
Panika	2,500	Chhattisgarhi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	18,000	Bengali	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puran Bhaja	400	Panchpargania	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puran unspecified	800	Panchpargania	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	60,000	Bengali	1	60,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	4,200	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,200	-1 -
Rajwar	1,300	Hindi	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	1,900	Hindi	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	1	12,000	-1 -	80	20	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Sikh traditions)	1,900	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	351,000	Santhali	2	20,000	200	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	328,000
Saora unspecified	8,100	Odia	2	5,900	20	-1 -	50	-1 -	2,200
Sayyid	6,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	1,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	19,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	28,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	188,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	188,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sukiyar	1,100	Magahi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Bengali	1	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	1,500	Bengali	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	126,000	Bengali	0	126,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	1,100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	61,000	Hindi	0	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	6,800	Bengali	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Hindi	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	211,000	Hindi	0	211,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Bagal	1,800	Odia	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	28,000	Hindi	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 113	2,383,000		105 ●	1,613,000	247,000	800	26,000	29,000	466,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 364	2,447,000		338 ●	1,661,000	250,000	900	27,000	41,000	467,000

* 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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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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