India, Maharashtra state, Ratnagiri district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Maharashtra
District:	Ratnagiri

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

2,194,000

Buddhist

6.2 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

83.8 %

Muslim

9.7 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Agri	24,000	Marathi	0	24,000	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	53,000	Hindi	0	51,000	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai Konkani	28,000	Marathi	0	27,000	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bahrupi	80	Marathi	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Bengali	0	7,200	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	20,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Bania Gujar	5,200	Gujarati	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasar	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Komti	1,000	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	99,000	Hindi	0	96,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,600
Basor	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Mith Gauda	200	Konkani, Goan	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhatia (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Chitpavan	16,000	Marathi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Deshastha	6,600	Marathi	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Devarukha	6,100	Marathi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	12,000	Marathi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	9,200	Hindi	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Karbadu	7,300	Marathi	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Karhada	6,100	Marathi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	77,000	Hindi	0	76,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700
Byari (Beary)	2,100	Konkani	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	1	13,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	7,500	Hindi	0	7,000	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	100
Devanga	2,200	Kannada	1	2,100	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Parit	6,400	Marathi	0	6,100	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghadasi	1,100	Marathi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghadi	1,100	Konkani, Goan	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	1,400	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Gondhali	700	Marathi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gopal	1,800	Gujarati	0	1,700	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalavant	100	Kannada	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kathodi	7,100	Marathi	1	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Gujarati	1	26,000	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khoja	3,900	Gujarati	0	-1 -	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolhati	300	Marathi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Mahadev	9,700	Marathi	0	9,600	20	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Son	30	Marathi	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	2,900	Marathi	0	2,800	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	427,000	Gujarati	0	399,000	-1 -	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Anjna	6,000	Gujarati	0	5,800	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Konkani	315,000	Konkani, Goan	0	293,000	-1 -	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Tirole	6,500	Marathi	0	6,100	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	1,300	Kannada	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	1,400	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400
Lohana	1,800	Gujarati	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	44,000	Marathi	1	800	-1 -	43,000	-1 -	30	-1 -
Mahratta Gomatang	35,000	Marathi	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Jadhav	35,000	Marathi	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Shinde	27,000	Marathi	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	323,000	Marathi	0	295,000	-1 -	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	2,400	Gujarati	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Marathi	1	1,000	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Memon	2,900	Gujarati	0	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	5,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Prabhu Kayastha	1,400	Marathi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	5,300	Kannada	0	5,100	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sangar	700	Marathi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	18,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid Husaini	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	18,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	4,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	150,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	150,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Siddi (Hindu traditions)	200	Kannada	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Hindi	0	31,000	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	41,000	Hindi	0	40,000	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Taria	800	Marathi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	50,000	Hindi	0	48,000	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	2,400	Kannada	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	1,100	Tamil	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 83	2,170,000		81 ●	1,818,000	209,000	136,000	1,400	30	5,500
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 226	2,194,000		216 ●	1,837,000	213,000	136,000	2,000	200	6,300

* 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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