India, Maharashtra state, Nashik district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Maharashtra
District:	Nashik

Major People Groups

155

Major Unreached People Groups

152

Total Population

6,878,000

Buddhist

1.4 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

86.0 %

Muslim

11.2 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

1.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	1,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Atari	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ayyanavar	200	Malayalam	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	57,000	Hindi	0	57,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Bengali	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balasantoshi	3,300	Marathi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	4,600	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,800
Bania Gujar	1,600	Gujarati	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Lad	4,300	Gujarati	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahesri	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Oswal	6,800	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,500
Bania Porwal	2,200	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700
Bania Srimali	3,300	Gujarati	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100
Bania Ummad	1,900	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,500
Bania unspecified	51,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	26,000
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Lambadi	1	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barda	200	Marathi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	9,400	Kannada	0	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	2,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhampta	500	Marathi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhil Aher	15,000	Marathi	0	15,000	30	-1 -	20	-1 -	30
Bhil Dhanka	16,000	Gujarati	1	16,000	30	-1 -	20	-1 -	30
Bhil Dubla	16,000	Gujarati	1	16,000	30	-1 -	20	-1 -	30
Bhil Mavchi (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Bhili	1	18,000	30	-1 -	20	-1 -	40
Bhil Paware	18,000	Marathi	1	18,000	30	-1 -	20	-1 -	40
Bhil unspecified	430,000	Gujarati	1	427,000	800	90	700	60	800
Bhil Vasave	126,000	Vasavi	1	126,000	200	40	100	30	200
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bohra	5,000	Gujarati	0	-1 -	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahma Kshatriya	900	Gujarati	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Anavada	600	Gujarati	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Chitpavan	20,000	Marathi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Deshastha	39,000	Marathi	0	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	2,000	Marathi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	6,100	Hindi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gujarati	4,100	Gujarati	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	5,600	Hindi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Karbadu	1,500	Marathi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Karhada	1,200	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	4,100	Marathi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	6,500	Hindi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	171,000	Hindi	0	162,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,200
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	66,000	Hindi	1	66,000	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Charan (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Gujarati	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhipa (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Hindi	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Chitrakar (Hindu traditions)	700	Marathi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,000	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Dabgar (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Marathi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	45,000	Hindi	0	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100
Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhangar Bharwad	6,200	Gujarati	0	6,100	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Parit	13,000	Marathi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhor	1,500	Marathi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghisadi	800	Marathi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	3,900	Hindi	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gondhali	1,800	Marathi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gopal	1,400	Gujarati	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	24,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gujar (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Hindi	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halba	1,800	Marathi	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Hatkar	15,000	Marathi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Holar	2,100	Marathi	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Hindi	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	4,500	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,500	-1 -
Javeri	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jewish, South Asian	200	Marathi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Kachari (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Marathi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamathi	1,300	Telugu	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Marathi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kathodi	11,000	Marathi	1	11,000	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Hindi	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatik (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kokna	442,000	Kukna	1	439,000	700	40	1,200	70	500
Kolhati	1,500	Marathi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Dhor	1,800	Marathi	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Mahadev	515,000	Marathi	0	513,000	700	200	200	80	700
Koli Son	80	Marathi	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	27,000	Marathi	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	292,000	Gujarati	0	292,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Anjna	2,800	Gujarati	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Ghatole	47,000	Marathi	0	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Kadwa	12,000	Gujarati	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Lewa	23,000	Gujarati	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingader	80	Marathi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	8,700	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	8,700
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Machhi (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Gujarati	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	378,000	Marathi	1	284,000	-1 -	94,000	-1 -	200	-1 -
Mahar (Christian traditions)	9,500	Marathi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,500	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Jadhav	163,000	Marathi	0	163,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Konkani	57,000	Marathi	0	57,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kunbi	360,000	Gujarati	0	360,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	1,328,000	Marathi	0	1,327,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200
Mala Jangam	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	193,000	Hindi	0	193,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	11,000	Gujarati	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manbhav	3,000	Marathi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mang Garudi	6,000	Marathi	0	5,900	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Christian traditions)	10,000	Marathi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Hindu traditions)	78,000	Marathi	1	77,000	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	30	-1 -
Megh (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Memon	3,200	Gujarati	0	-1 -	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Bengali	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	49,000	Hindi	0	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nandiwale	80	Telugu	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pangul	400	Marathi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhi	5,800	Pardhi	0	5,700	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Pashtun Afridi	2,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Ghilzai	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Kakar	1,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Mohmand	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	2,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	40,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patharwat	2,700	Marathi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patvekari (Muslim traditions)	60	Urdu	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Prabhu Kayastha	4,300	Marathi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Hindi	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	1,300	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Mahratta (Hindu traditions)	6,900	Marathi	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ramoshi	6,100	Marathi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Hindu traditions)	8,800	Marathi	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	21,000	Kannada	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	88,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	88,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid Husaini	4,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	4,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	49,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	8,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	531,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	531,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	2,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shinligar	300	Kannada	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	55,000	Hindi	0	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Aksali	3,300	Marathi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Taria	1,000	Marathi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	61,000	Hindi	0	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakar	7,300	Marathi	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakkar	82,000	Marathi	0	82,000	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Tirmali	500	Marathi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Telugu	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanjara	185,000	Marathi	0	185,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Varli	78,000	Varli	1	78,000	200	-1 -	100	-1 -	100
Viswakarma unspecified	3,100	Tamil	1	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	38,000	Hindi	0	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	2,800	Telugu	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 155	6,832,000		152 ●	5,880,000	762,000	96,000	23,000	6,300	64,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 369	6,878,000		346 ●	5,914,000	768,000	96,000	25,000	8,900	65,000

* 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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