India, Maharashtra state, Gondia district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Maharashtra
District:	Gondia

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,574,000

Buddhist

8.2 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

89.0 %

Muslim

1.8 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.7 %

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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	2,400	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania unspecified	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Basor Kandra	200	Marathi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bidur	2,100	Marathi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Binjhia	5,500	Hindi	1	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Birjia	200	Munda	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ojha	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	18,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	200
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	1	11,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Hindi	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Dhangar Bharwad	1,000	Gujarati	0	1,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimar	67,000	Hindi	0	67,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Odia	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garpaguri	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Mannewar	2,000	Gondi, Adilabad	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Gond Maria	1,700	Gondi, Northern	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Gond Muria	3,400	Hindi	1	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Gond Rajgond	50,000	Gondi, Northern	1	48,000	60	80	20	-1 -	1,800
Gond Sonjhari	17,000	Gondi, Northern	0	16,000	20	20	-1 -	-1 -	600
Gond unspecified	137,000	Hindi	1	131,000	200	200	50	-1 -	5,000
Gosain unspecified	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gowari	60,000	Marathi	0	60,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Halba	58,000	Marathi	1	57,000	100	60	20	-1 -	400
Holaya	3,300	Kannada	0	3,200	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	1,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	44,000	Hindi	0	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	9,200	Hindi	1	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Kolha	21,000	Ho	1	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	27,000	Marathi	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	167,000	Gujarati	0	167,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Anjna	15,000	Gujarati	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Dhaneja	11,000	Marathi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Khaire	11,000	Marathi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Lonari	11,000	Marathi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Tirole	31,000	Marathi	0	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	1,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Hindi	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	150,000	Marathi	1	23,000	-1 -	127,000	-1 -	90	-1 -
Mahar (Christian traditions)	1,700	Marathi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	14,000	Marathi	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	44,000	Marathi	0	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	47,000	Hindi	0	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mana	6,900	Marathi	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mang Garudi	1,100	Marathi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Marathi	1	2,100	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nanakshahi	50	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -
Pardhan	1,200	Pardhan	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Pashtun, Pathan	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	2,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	7,100	Hindi	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	126,000	Hindi	0	125,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	400
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chavar Gaur	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	48,000	Hindi	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Marathi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satnami	3,300	Hindi	1	3,200	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	15,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Aksali	3,100	Marathi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Bengali	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	93,000	Hindi	0	93,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Sahu	16,000	Marathi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	8,800	Hindi	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 80	1,527,000		78 ●	1,359,000	26,000	128,000	1,800	1,200	11,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 315	1,574,000		298 ●	1,400,000	28,000	129,000	2,600	2,100	11,000

* 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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