India, Rajasthan state, Ajmer district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Rajasthan
District:	Ajmer

Major People Groups

129

Major Unreached People Groups

128

Total Population

1,708,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.5 %

Hindu

84.7 %

Muslim

12.4 %

Sikh

0.4 %

Other Religions

2.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ager (Hindu traditions)	300	Kannada	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badwa	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Bengali	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Bairwa	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Balai (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	15,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,100
Bania Bijabargi	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahesri	8,500	Hindi	0	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahur	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Oswal	1,600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000
Bania Porwal	1,200	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania Saraogi	3,600	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,200
Bania unspecified	99,000	Hindi	0	77,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	22,000
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	9,000	Lambadi	1	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baori	3,400	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -
Bawaria (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhand (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhansala	1,400	Marathi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	5,900	Hindi	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhil unspecified	24,000	Gujarati	1	23,000	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bhisti	1,700	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bola	50	Hindi	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Acharaj	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhatt	700	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhojak	700	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Daima	3,400	Hindi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dakaut	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gujar Gaur	7,100	Hindi	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Haryana	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khandelwal	5,000	Hindi	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Maithili	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Parikh	5,500	Hindi	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Purohit	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sikhwal	5,900	Wagdi	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	76,000	Hindi	0	75,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400
Chadwa	60	Hindi	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	101,000	Hindi	1	97,000	-1 -	300	4,100	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar Raigar	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhipa (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Christian	4,100	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -
Daroga (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Deshwali (Muslim traditions)	4,100	Wagdi	0	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhakad	4,300	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanka	3,600	Gujarati	1	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhankia	70	Hindi	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dholi (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gawaria	3,300	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -
Gujar (Hindu traditions)	9,700	Hindi	0	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	106,000	Hindi	0	106,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Jat (Sikh traditions)	1,400	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -
Jingar	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	7,700	Bengali	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	8,000	Hindi	0	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Telugu	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalbelia	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamad	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamboh (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharol	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khati (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Hindi	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khati (Muslim traditions)	6,800	Wagdi	0	-1 -	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatik (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	5,900	Hindi	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kir (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	20	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	39,000	Hindi	0	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohana	1,700	Gujarati	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	6,100	Hindi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	2,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	43,000	Hindi	0	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Muslim traditions)	400	Hindi	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meena	17,000	Hindi	1	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Megh (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Merat (Muslim traditions)	35,000	Hindi	0	-1 -	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mussali	100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Afridi	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	19,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pindara	1,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	1,900	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabari (Hindu traditions)	6,300	Gujarati	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raigar	64,000	Wagdi	0	64,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	6,900	Hindi	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	194,000	Hindi	0	193,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	55,000	Hindi	0	-1 -	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Hindi	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gaur	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Kachhwaha	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Khaimkani	2,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Lok	700	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Hindi	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sisodia	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rathia (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Rawat	196,000	Hindi	0	196,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sansi (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santia (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sargara	1,100	Marwari (India)	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	9,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	4,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	2,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	48,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silawat (Hindu traditions)	800	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silawat (Muslim traditions)	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Singiwala	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	4,700	Hindi	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Tak	100	Mewari	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	9,800	Hindi	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thori (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	5,500	Hindi	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 129	1,652,000		128 ●	1,405,000	203,000	300	8,200	2,100	34,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 384	1,708,000		364 ●	1,447,000	211,000	300	9,000	6,100	36,000

* 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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