India, Punjab state, Amritsar district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Punjab
District:	Amritsar

Major People Groups

131

Major Unreached People Groups

130

Total Population

2,833,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

29.2 %

Muslim

0.4 %

Sikh

69.8 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Arain (Sikh traditions)	3,100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,100	-1 -
Arora (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Arora (Sikh traditions)	109,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	109,000	-1 -
Awan	2,500	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	8,200	Bengali	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,600	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania unspecified	19,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	300	1,400
Barwala (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bazigar (Hindu traditions)	4,700	Punjabi, Eastern	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bazigar (Sikh traditions)	2,700	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,700	-1 -
Bedar Punjab	100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhabra (Sikh traditions)	500	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -
Bhatia (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhojki	100	Kangri	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin (Sikh traditions)	17,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	17,000	-1 -
Brahmin Acharaj	800	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	49,000	Hindi	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	6,600	Hindi	1	6,300	-1 -	50	200	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Sikh traditions)	22,000	Punjabi, Eastern	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	22,000	-1 -
Changgar	50	Urdu	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhimba (Sikh traditions)	15,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	15,000	-1 -
Chhipa (Sikh traditions)	22,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	22,000	-1 -
Christian	4,600	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,600	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Sikh traditions)	3,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,000	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Odia	1	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Sikh traditions)	600	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -
Gagra	60	Punjabi, Eastern	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gujar (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Hindi	0	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Jat (Hindu traditions)	228,000	Hindi	0	228,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	238,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	238,000	-1 -
Jat Aulak (Sikh traditions)	6,200	Punjabi, Western	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,200	-1 -
Jat Bains (Hindu traditions)	600	Punjabi, Eastern	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Bajwa (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Bhullar (Sikh traditions)	7,600	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	7,600	-1 -
Jat Bhutta (Hindu traditions)	40	Punjabi, Western	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Chahil (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Chahil (Sikh traditions)	9,800	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,800	-1 -
Jat Chima (Hindu traditions)	800	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Dhariwal (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Punjabi, Eastern	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Dhillon (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Dhillon (Sikh traditions)	24,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	24,000	-1 -
Jat Dhindsa (Sikh traditions)	5,800	Punjabi, Western	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,800	-1 -
Jat Garewal	400	Punjabi, Western	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Ghumman (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Gil (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Gil (Sikh traditions)	19,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	19,000	-1 -
Jat Goraia (Hindu traditions)	600	Punjabi, Eastern	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Her (Hindu traditions)	900	Punjabi, Eastern	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Hijra	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Kahlon (Hindu traditions)	700	Punjabi, Western	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Mangat (Sikh traditions)	16,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	16,000	-1 -
Jat Mann (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Mann (Sikh traditions)	16,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	16,000	-1 -
Jat Pannun	3,800	Punjabi, Eastern	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Randhawa (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Randhawa (Sikh traditions)	3,800	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,800	-1 -
Jat Sarai (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Sarai (Sikh traditions)	18,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	18,000	-1 -
Jat Sidhu (Hindu traditions)	5,500	Punjabi, Eastern	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Sidhu (Sikh traditions)	57,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	57,000	-1 -
Jat Sindhu (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Sindhu (Sikh traditions)	13,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	13,000	-1 -
Jat Varaich (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhinwar (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Jhinwar (Muslim traditions)	80	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhinwar (Sikh traditions)	84,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	84,000	-1 -
Julaha	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kabirpanthi	8,800	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	8,800	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Sikh traditions)	7,400	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	7,400	-1 -
Kamboh (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamboh (Sikh traditions)	84,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	84,000	-1 -
Kanchan (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karal (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	42,000	Hindi	0	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	80
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	56,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	56,000	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -
Kumhar (Sikh traditions)	70,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70,000	-1 -
Kumhar Prajapat	2,400	Punjabi, Eastern	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Labana (Sikh traditions)	60,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60,000	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Sikh traditions)	2,900	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,900	-1 -
Machhi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Gujarati	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahtam (Hindu traditions)	7,800	Punjabi, Eastern	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahtam (Sikh traditions)	36,000	Punjabi, Eastern	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	36,000	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Sikh traditions)	900	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -
Mazhabi (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Punjabi, Eastern	1	3,100	-1 -	40	80	-1 -	-1 -
Mazhabi (Sikh traditions)	528,000	Punjabi, Eastern	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,700	523,000	-1 -
Megh (Hindu traditions)	7,100	Hindi	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Megh (Sikh traditions)	200	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -
Mirasi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Punjabi, Eastern	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Mirasi (Sikh traditions)	600	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -
Mussali	200	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Sikh traditions)	64,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	64,000	-1 -
Nat (Sikh traditions)	100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Hindi	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -
Pasi Rajpasi	1,200	Hindi	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Sikh traditions)	2,100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	64,000	Hindi	0	63,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	300
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	65,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	65,000	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	6,900	Hindi	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Muslim traditions)	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ramdasia (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ramdasia (Sikh traditions)	44,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	44,000	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Sikh traditions)	300	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -
Saini (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Saini (Sikh traditions)	67,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	67,000	-1 -
Sangtarash (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sansi	300	Sansi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sansi (Hindu traditions)	9,800	Hindi	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sansi (Sikh traditions)	9,800	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,800	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	4,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shorgar (Hindu traditions)	80	Punjabi, Eastern	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Sonar (Sikh traditions)	45,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	45,000	-1 -
Sudh (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Punjabi, Eastern	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sudh (Sikh traditions)	200	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -
Tarkhan (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	20
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	106,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	106,000	-1 -
Teli (Sikh traditions)	100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Telugu	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Sikh traditions)	70	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -
Valmiki (Buddhist traditions)	600	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Sikh traditions)	8,900	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	8,900	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	7,600	Hindi	0	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	30
Major Groups (displayed): 131	2,806,000		130 ●	807,000	7,700	700	11,000	1,977,000	2,800
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 283	2,833,000		272 ●	826,000	13,000	800	12,000	1,978,000	3,200

* 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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