India, Maharashtra state, Bhandara district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Maharashtra
District:	Bhandara

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,388,000

Buddhist

11.3 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

86.0 %

Muslim

2.1 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.4 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	7,900	Hindi	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	2,500	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania Saitwal	700	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Bania unspecified	30,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Basor	1,300	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor Kandra	300	Marathi	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bidur	2,200	Marathi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Binjhia	1,800	Hindi	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ojha	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	25,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	9,900	Hindi	1	9,500	-1 -	300	60	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	4,600	Hindi	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Dhimar	63,000	Hindi	0	63,000	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Garpaguri	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Mannewar	1,100	Gondi, Adilabad	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Gond Muria	1,300	Hindi	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Gond Rajgond	27,000	Gondi, Northern	1	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Gond Sonjhari	9,000	Gondi, Northern	0	8,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Gond unspecified	70,000	Hindi	1	68,000	100	100	30	20	1,500
Gosain unspecified	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gowari	60,000	Marathi	0	59,000	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Halba	13,000	Marathi	1	11,000	30	40	-1 -	-1 -	1,500
Holaya	1,700	Kannada	0	1,600	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	40,000	Hindi	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatik (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolha	19,000	Ho	1	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	28,000	Marathi	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Hindi	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	179,000	Gujarati	0	179,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Anjna	1,500	Gujarati	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Dhaneja	8,200	Marathi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Khaire	8,200	Marathi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Lonari	8,200	Marathi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Tirole	35,000	Marathi	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	179,000	Marathi	1	24,000	-1 -	155,000	100	100	-1 -
Mahar (Christian traditions)	1,200	Marathi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	12,000	Marathi	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	65,000	Marathi	0	65,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	44,000	Hindi	0	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Hindi	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mana	7,000	Marathi	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Marathi	1	2,600	-1 -	200	40	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	2,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	2,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	7,200	Hindi	0	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	96,000	Hindi	0	96,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	2,300	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chavar Gaur	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	43,000	Hindi	0	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Marathi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satnami	1,900	Hindi	1	1,800	-1 -	80	20	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	2,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	16,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Aksali	1,800	Marathi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Bengali	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	78,000	Hindi	0	78,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Sahu	8,200	Marathi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	8,600	Hindi	0	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 72	1,338,000		71 ●	1,149,000	26,000	156,000	1,800	100	5,200
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 294	1,388,000		281 ●	1,194,000	29,000	157,000	2,200	800	6,200

* 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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