India, Uttarakhand state, Nainital district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Uttarakhand
District:	Nainital

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,257,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

88.1 %

Muslim

9.8 %

Sikh

1.5 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	19,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arain (Muslim traditions)	3,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	3,700	Hindi	0	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baghban (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Hindi	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bahna (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baira	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bangali (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	8,200	Hindi	0	8,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Bania Mahur	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	26,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	4,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoksa	3,700	Buksa	0	3,700	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia	2,300	Nepali	2	2,100	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Halbani	77,000	Hindi	0	77,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Jijhotia	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khandelwal	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	1,400	Marathi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	175,000	Hindi	0	175,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	9,300	Hindi	1	8,600	-1 -	90	700	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	2,500	Nepali	1	2,500	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,200	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	2,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria Dhingar	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain Dasnami	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gual	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gujar (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Habura	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Hindi	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	20
Jat (Muslim traditions)	2,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	6,100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,100	-1 -
Jat Bains (Hindu traditions)	400	Punjabi, Eastern	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Bajwa (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Gahlot (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Ghumman (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Gil (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Punjabi, Eastern	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Kharral (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Sidhu (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Punjabi, Eastern	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Sindhu (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Varaich (Hindu traditions)	800	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	9,300	Hindi	0	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar Kamkar (Muslim traditions)	40	Bengali	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kisan	4,000	Hindi	1	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	5,900	Hindi	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Hindi	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manihar	1,300	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Murao (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Hindi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Hindi	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	1,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	208,000	Hindi	0	207,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	70
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	2,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,000	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chandrabansi	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	9,100	Hindi	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Khasiya	6,700	Garhwali	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Kumaoni	57,000	Hindi	0	57,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Kumaoni Thakur	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sapela	70	Garhwali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shah	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	60,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	60,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpkar (Hindu traditions)	153,000	Garhwali	1	152,000	-1 -	80	900	200	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	6,900	Hindi	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	1,200	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Muslim traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turaiha	1,600	Bhojpuri	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar	50	Gujarati	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	9,700	Hindi	0	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Hindi	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 93	1,180,000		90 ●	1,050,000	115,000	400	3,900	9,400	400
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 361	1,257,000		345 ●	1,108,000	123,000	600	5,200	19,000	500

* 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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