India, Karnataka state, Vijayanagara district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Karnataka
District:	Vijayanagara

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,250,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

86.3 %

Muslim

11.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

2.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	5,600	Tamil	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka	56,000	Kannada	1	56,000	-1 -	80	30	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka Christian	1,500	Kannada	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	21,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Kannada	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija Bogam	800	Telugu	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija Dasari	3,700	Kannada	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	3,200	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400
Bania Komti	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	11,000	Hindi	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,400
Banijiga	1,500	Kannada	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	45,000	Lambadi	1	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Lambadi	1	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bariki	100	Odia	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	101,000	Kannada	0	101,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Bile	6,600	Kannada	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Kakamundi	6,600	Telugu	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Kare	6,600	Kannada	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Myasa	15,000	Kannada	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Naik Makkalu	6,600	Kannada	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Kannada	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Kannada	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Sunkar	900	Kannada	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	5,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	101,000	Telugu	0	101,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	5,900	Kannada	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Budega Jangam	13,000	Telugu	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chalvadi	14,000	Kannada	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chenna Dasar	3,900	Kannada	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devadasi	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	3,300	Kannada	1	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	7,900	Kannada	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gawli	700	Marathi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hakki Pikki	400	Vaagri Booli	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hande Jogi	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikadi	2,100	Kannada	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	7,100	Telugu	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	6,500	Telugu	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	1,500	Telugu	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	4,100	Telugu	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konda Kapu	500	Telugu	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koracha, caste	6,100	Kannada	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korama unspecified	4,300	Kannada	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Hindi	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Gujarati	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	60,000	Kannada	1	60,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Lingayat	20,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20,000
Madiga (Christian traditions)	1,400	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	44,000	Telugu	1	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Muslim traditions)	80	Telugu	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	3,600	Marathi	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Mala Dasari	400	Telugu	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	5,300	Telugu	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Masan Jogi	1,200	Kannada	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meda	1,200	Kannada	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	1,300	Telugu	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naikda	211,000	Kannada	0	210,000	400	-1 -	30	30	200
Pashtun, Pathan	8,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	1,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Sali	21,000	Kannada	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Hindu traditions)	50	Kannada	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satani	1,400	Telugu	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	19,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	9,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	2,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	68,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sillekyatha	1,600	Kannada	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sindhollu	200	Telugu	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Somvanshi	1,200	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Hindi	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Teli (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Telugu	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	61,000	Kannada	1	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	7,800	Tamil	1	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	1,600	Tamil	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Panchal	1,000	Kannada	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	17,000	Tamil	1	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Hindi	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	2,400	Telugu	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 88	1,223,000		86 ●	1,059,000	135,000	90	3,000	30	26,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 236	1,250,000		224 ●	1,078,000	140,000	100	4,100	400	26,000

* 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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