India, Nagaland state people groups

South Asia Peoples website

Country:	India
Province / State:	Nagaland
District:	All

Major People Groups

169

Major Unreached People Groups

106

Total Population

2,201,000

Buddhist

0.3 %

Christian

87.6 %

Hindu

9.0 %

Muslim

2.5 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.4 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ahnal	30	Anal	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Ahom	6,100	Assamese	1	5,900	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aka	20	Hruso	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Angami	160,000	Naga, Angami	3	600	400	800	158,000	20	500
Anglo	100	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Ao	256,000	Naga, Ao	3	700	800	500	253,000	30	300
Arleng	400	Karbi	2	80	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Sikh traditions)	50	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	21,000	Assamese	0	-1 -	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Bengali	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,200	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania Brittal	600	Assamese	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Saraogi	500	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bania unspecified	6,900	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700
Bauri	2,000	Bengali	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	300	Kannada	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhandari	100	Odia	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Tibetan	200	Sikkimese	0	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Boro (India)	2	14,000	-1 -	100	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Barna	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	4,200	Bengali	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	18,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Buna (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	70	Burmese	1	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakhesang	175,000	Naga, Chokri	3	200	500	400	174,000	-1 -	200
Chakma	50	Chakma	1	20	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chang	73,000	Naga, Chang	3	200	200	300	72,000	-1 -	40
Chhetri	900	Nepali	1	900	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chiru	600	Chiru	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	12,000	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	300	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Galong	-1 Unknown	Adi, Galo	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganda	100	Odia	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangte	2,300	Gangte	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	2,700	Garo	3	600	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda	100	Odia	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	300	Hindi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Guria	200	Odia	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	400	Nepali	2	90	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	800	Bengali	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	30	Chinese, Mandarin	2	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Illemei	600	Naga, Mao	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	1,100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Bengali	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	15,000	Dimasa	2	10,000	60	-1 -	4,400	-1 -	-1 -
Kahha	59,000	Naga, Phom	3	100	200	80	59,000	-1 -	50
Kaibartta Jalia	800	Bengali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	6,300	Bengali	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	70	Bengali	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandra	90	Odia	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaora	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	70	Telugu	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	30	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	7,600	Hindi	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	200	Odia	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	800	Kharia	2	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	1,300	Khasi	3	80	-1 -	40	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	50	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -
Khiamniungan	70,000	Naga, Khiamniungan	3	100	200	100	69,000	-1 -	40
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konai	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konyak	268,000	Naga, Konyak	3	1,800	1,500	1,300	262,000	60	900
Kori	500	Hindi	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korku	100	Korku	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	500	Telugu	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koya unspecified	30	Telugu	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin	15,000	Chin, Thado	3	50	40	40	14,000	-1 -	100
Kuki Chin Chongthir	1,000	Chin, Thado	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin Khelma	600	Bengali	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin Kholhang	80	Chin, Thado	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin Lnykin	1,000	Chin, Thado	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin Singjit	1,000	Chin, Thado	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lotha	195,000	Naga, Lotha	3	500	600	400	194,000	-1 -	90
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	20	Telugu	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	2,900	Nepali	2	2,800	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	17,000	Bengali	1	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	40	Marathi	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Hindu traditions)	40	Telugu	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	200	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei unspecified	20,000	Meitei	1	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Miri	20	Mising	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo	300	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	400	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	700	Mundari	5	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	60	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naga	4,800	Nagamese	3	40	-1 -	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	-1 -
Naga Tangkhul	21,000	Naga, Tangkhul (India)	3	400	-1 -	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	200	Malayalam	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Bengali	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	1,200	Bengali	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nissi	40	Nyishi	3	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	700	Kurux	2	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paliya	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pan	200	Odia	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	20	Tamil	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	40	Urdu	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pnar	600	Khasi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Pochury	25,000	Naga, Pochuri	3	70	50	40	24,000	-1 -	100
Poi	300	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	8,400	Bengali	1	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	3,100	Assamese	2	2,700	-1 -	80	400	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	400	Nepali	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	200
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	1	11,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	800	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	500	Hindi	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	300	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -
Raju	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	200	Hindi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ralte	700	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Ranabhat	600	Assamese	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	200	Hindi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rengma	71,000	Naga, Southern Rengma	3	200	200	300	70,000	-1 -	80
Rongmei	2,500	Naga, Inpui	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -
Sakachep	2,400	Sakachep	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	20
Saloi	500	Assamese	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sangtam	85,000	Naga, Sangtam	3	200	200	200	84,000	-1 -	30
Santal (Sawntal)	800	Santhali	2	700	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	60
Sarki	500	Nepali	1	400	-1 -	50	40	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	500	Urdu	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sema	266,000	Naga, Sumi	3	400	700	500	264,000	20	80
Shabar	40	Odia	2	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	26,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sirte	400	Naga, Monsang	3	300	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	800	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	900	Bengali	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	400	Nepali	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	500	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	90	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -
Thakuri	90	Nepali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	100	Tibetan, Central	1	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tikhir	8,500	Naga, Yimchungru	3	-1 -	20	40	8,500	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	400	Kok Borok	2	400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	100	Bengali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaiphei	100	Vaiphei	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	20	Tamil	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	50	Tamil	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswerna	4,200	Naga, Sumi	3	90	20	-1 -	4,000	-1 -	-1 -
Wancho	1,700	Naga, Wancho	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	7,800	Hindi	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	1,700	Bengali	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	100	Nepali	2	50	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	50
Yimchungra	76,000	Naga, Yimchungru	3	200	200	200	75,000	-1 -	30
Zeliang	84,000	Naga, Zeme	3	500	200	300	80,000	-1 -	3,000
Totals: 169	2,201,000		106 ●	199,000	54,000	7,400	1,929,000	1,800	8,700

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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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