Bangladesh, Sylhet state people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Sylhet
District:	All

Major People Groups

160

Major Unreached People Groups

147

Total Population

12,769,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

15.5 %

Muslim

83.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Abdul	1,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arleng	1,600	Karbi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Asur	1,600	Sylheti	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiga	5,300	Sylheti	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	800	Bengali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barman	13,000	Bengali	1	11,000	30	-1 -	40	-1 -	1,200
Bauri	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Bengali	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	6,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Behara	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Bengali	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	356,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	356,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	2,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	3,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	29,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	28,000	Sylheti	1	27,000	200	20	400	-1 -	300
Bihari (Muslim traditions)	3,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Binjhia	6,900	Sylheti	1	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Birhor	1,100	Sylheti	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Bishnupriya Manipuri	17,000	Bishnupuriya	1	16,000	600	-1 -	40	-1 -	300
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Sylheti	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	5,300	Bengali	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	6,900	Bengali	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	46,000	Bengali	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Utkal	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vaidik	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	900	Burmese	0	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakma	11,000	Chakma	2	500	20	9,100	1,400	-1 -	20
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chero	9,300	Sylheti	1	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	50
Chik Baraik	8,400	Sylheti	1	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	90
Christian	1,100	Bengali	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	1,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dalu	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	1,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Bengali	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dholi (Muslim traditions)	44,000	Sylheti	0	-1 -	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Faqir	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	800	Bengali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gain	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandpal	2,300	Sylheti	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	5,100	Garo	3	-1 -	30	-1 -	5,000	-1 -	-1 -
Ghazi	7,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghulam	300	Chittagonian	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond	11,000	Gondi, Northern	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	50
Gurung Ghaleg	200	Gurung	0	100	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	37,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajang	4,500	Hajong	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Bengali	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	90	Chinese, Mandarin	0	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	95,000	Sylheti	1	90,000	400	40	2,100	-1 -	2,700
Jamatia	1,400	War-Jaintia	2	1,200	50	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	24,000	Bengali	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	180,000	Bengali	0	180,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	41,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaghazi	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	17,000	Bengali	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	91,000	Bengali	0	91,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karadar	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karmali	5,400	Sylheti	1	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	209,000	Bengali	0	209,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	33,000	Bengali	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khadala	4,500	Sylheti	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	16,000	Sylheti	1	16,000	60	-1 -	300	-1 -	300
Kharwar	19,000	Sylheti	1	18,000	80	-1 -	200	-1 -	80
Khasi	18,000	War-Jaintia	3	100	50	20	18,000	-1 -	200
Kisan	6,800	Sylheti	1	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	90
Koch (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Koch	1	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Kori	3,300	Bengali	1	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Korku	6,300	Sylheti	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	4,200	Sylheti	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Kui, Kuvi Khond	8,000	Kuvi	1	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	60
Kuki Chin	700	Chittagonian	2	80	-1 -	500	100	-1 -	90
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Bengali	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kusiari	7,500	Sylheti	0	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laleng (Patra)	4,400	Tiwa	2	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Lohait Kuri	1,700	Sylheti	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	2,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohara	31,000	Sylheti	1	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	80
Madari (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	900	Bengali	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	17,000	Sylheti	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	19,000	Mahali	1	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	200
Maimal	155,000	Sylheti	0	-1 -	155,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	103,000	Sylheti	0	103,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	1,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	4,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	10,000	Bengali	1	10,000	20	-1 -	400	-1 -	20
Mandala (Muslim traditions)	2,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Masalchi	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei	29,000	Meitei	1	27,000	600	-1 -	40	-1 -	500
Mirzakhani	4,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Bawm	300	Chin, Bawm	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Bengali	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	25,000	Mundari	4	15,000	80	30	1,000	-1 -	8,900
Murasing	90	War-Jaintia	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai Nabasakh	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	319,000	Bengali	1	318,000	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	186,000	Bengali	1	185,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	2,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon, Kurux	12,000	Kurux	2	7,400	20	20	1,900	-1 -	3,100
Pan	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parhaiya	6,600	Sylheti	1	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	20
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	97,000	Sylheti	0	97,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	3,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pnar	20,000	Pnar	3	200	80	20	15,000	-1 -	5,000
Poundra	9,900	Bengali	0	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	200	Bengali	5	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Bengali	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	2,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raute	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	900	Sadri, Oraon	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	6,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rohingya	45,000	Rohingya	1	-1 -	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	20,000	Bengali	2	15,000	600	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	3,200
Saora	2,400	Sora	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	4,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sauria Paharia	8,400	Sylheti	1	8,100	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	40
Shaikh	1,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	37,000	Bengali	0	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	9,909,000	Sylheti	0	-1 -	9,909,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	2,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Bengali	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	48,000	Bengali	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	4,900	Kok Borok	1	4,400	90	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Turaiha	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	800	Bengali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Bengali	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	2,700	Bengali	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 160	12,769,000		147 ●	1,980,000	10,699,000	11,000	52,000	200	27,000

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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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