India, Karnataka state, Gulbarga district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Karnataka
District:	Gulbarga

Major People Groups

111

Major Unreached People Groups

109

Total Population

2,820,000

Buddhist

2.6 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

69.6 %

Muslim

22.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

5.4 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	52,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Hindi	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	53,000	Kannada	0	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija Bogam	4,900	Telugu	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,700	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bania Komti	2,400	Telugu	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	15,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,900
Banijiga	1,000	Kannada	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	187,000	Lambadi	1	187,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Lambadi	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	146,000	Kannada	0	146,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Bile	7,600	Kannada	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Kakamundi	7,600	Telugu	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Kare	7,600	Kannada	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Naik Makkalu	7,600	Kannada	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	8,000	Kannada	0	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	19,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Hindi	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	88,000	Hindi	0	88,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Deshastha	1,500	Marathi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	4,800	Hindi	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	13,000	Kannada	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	2,000	Marathi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Marathi	4,400	Marathi	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	4,200	Telugu	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	56,000	Hindi	0	56,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Brahmin Velanadu	2,300	Telugu	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Budega Jangam	2,700	Telugu	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	8,700	Hindi	1	8,700	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chenna Dasar	1,200	Kannada	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	21,000	Kannada	1	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhor	4,100	Marathi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	68,000	Kannada	0	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gawli	4,400	Marathi	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	14,000	Hindi	1	14,000	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Gosain unspecified	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Holaya	226,000	Kannada	0	153,000	-1 -	73,000	-1 -	30	-1 -
Kadu Kuruba	800	Kannada	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikadi	18,000	Kannada	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	38,000	Telugu	0	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	22,000	Telugu	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalavant	100	Kannada	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	9,200	Telugu	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	22,000	Telugu	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Marathi	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Kasar Otari	1,100	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Khatik (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Hindi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolhati	400	Marathi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Dhor	11,000	Marathi	1	11,000	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Koli Mahadev	1,200	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolupulvandlu	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korama Kunchi	7,100	Kannada	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korama unspecified	7,000	Kannada	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	5,400	Marathi	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	83,000	Gujarati	0	83,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Kunbi Anjna	1,100	Gujarati	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	8,500	Hindi	0	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	181,000	Kannada	1	181,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	146,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	146,000
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	9,800	Hindi	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Christian traditions)	4,600	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,600	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	96,000	Telugu	1	95,000	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Muslim traditions)	300	Telugu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kunbi	1,700	Gujarati	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	111,000	Marathi	0	110,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Mala (Christian traditions)	2,600	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -
Malayekandi	40	Malayalam	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Marathi	1	2,300	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mawalud	18,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meda	1,500	Kannada	1	1,400	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Mitha Ayyalvar	40	Telugu	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munnur	8,300	Telugu	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	5,700	Telugu	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	9,000	Hindi	0	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naikda	23,000	Kannada	0	22,000	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Pardhi	1,200	Pardhi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Afridi	1,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Kakar	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	1,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	3,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	7,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raddi	1,400	Kannada	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Marathi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	2,200	Kannada	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samagara	11,000	Kannada	0	11,000	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	55,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	3,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	36,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	66,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	66,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	347,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	347,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	1,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	7,200	Hindi	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	8,900	Hindi	0	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	44,000	Telugu	0	44,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	72,000	Kannada	1	72,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanjara	7,300	Marathi	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velama	2,100	Telugu	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Panchal	27,000	Kannada	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	42,000	Tamil	1	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 111	2,792,000		109 ●	1,943,000	616,000	74,000	7,200	50	152,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 260	2,820,000		247 ●	1,963,000	621,000	75,000	8,200	800	152,000

* 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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