Country:

India

Province / State: West Bengal
District: Cooch Behar

Major People Groups

232

Major Unreached People Groups

206

Total Population

3,296,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

70.1 %

Muslim

29.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Ahom 1,500 Assamese Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Ansari 2,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,300 - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) 200 Assamese Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Asur 400 Asuri Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 8,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
 Baiti 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - 900
Bania Brittal 100 Assamese Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - 100
 Bania unspecified 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - 900
 Bauri 60 Bengali Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bhotia 100 Nepali Progress Gauge 70 - 40 - - -
 Bhuinhar 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 6,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,400 - - - - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bhumij 90 Bengali Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Bind 800 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Birhor 50 Birhor Progress Gauge 20 20 - - - -
 Birjia Unknown Munda Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) 300 Boro (India) Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Acharya 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 5,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Jyoti 200 Odia Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 8,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maha 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 900 Marathi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Brahmin Parikh 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Purohit 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Pushkarna 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 4,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Rikhisur 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Brahmin Srimali 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 53,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 52,000 - - - - 700
 Brahmin Utkal 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 800 Bengali Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Vyas 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 9,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 9,800 - - - - -
 Chain 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Chakma 30 Chakma Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 8,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,100 - - 200 - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Chaupal 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Chero 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 20 - - - -
 Chik Baraik 80 Sadri Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Christian 800 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 800 - -
 Darjee 40 Nepali Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Doai 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 300 Odia Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Dulia 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) 600 Garo Progress Gauge 20 - - 600 - -
 Gharti 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Gonrhi 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 200 Nepali Progress Gauge 90 - 60 - - -
 Hadi 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Hajam 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Hajang 20 Bengali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Halalkhor (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Hira 600 Assamese Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Ho Unknown Ho Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 200 -
 Jhalo Malo 21,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 167,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 167,000 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 19,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 68,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 68,000 - - - - -
 Kalu 800 Bengali Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Kami 50 Nepali Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Kandra Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kaora Unknown Bengali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kapali 1,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
Karenga 90 Bengali Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Karmali Unknown Maithili Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kawar 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 94,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 94,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 4,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Khairwar 20 Bengali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Khandait 9,600 Odia Progress Gauge 9,600 - - - - -
 Kharia 500 Kharia Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Kharwar 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Khas 70 Nepali Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Khasi 20 Khasi Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 50 -
 Kisan 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Koch Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - 20
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Konai 20 Bengali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Konwar 40 Bengali Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Kori Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Korwa 40 Telugu Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - 30 - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Lohara 30 Sadri Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Magar 70 Nepali Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Mahali 20 Bengali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahishya 57,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 57,000 - - - - -
 Mahli Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Malto 40 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Marma (Magh) 70 Rakhine Progress Gauge 30 - 30 - - -
 Matia 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Mech 300 Boro (India) Progress Gauge 100 - - 100 - 40
 Meitei unspecified 40 Meitei Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Miri 100 Mising Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Mizo Unknown Mizo Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 8,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 8,100 - - - - -
 Munda 1,600 Mundari Progress Gauge 1,500 30 - 70 - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Naga 60 Nagamese Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 40,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 40,000 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 179,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 178,000 - 60 300 30 -
 Namassej Chandel 99,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 99,000 - - 200 20 -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Newah 30 Nepali Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Oraon 7,600 Kurux Progress Gauge 6,900 40 - 500 - 200
 Paharia 200 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Paliya 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Pan 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 80 Urdu Progress Gauge - 80 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Pasi Gujar 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Patial 70 Odia Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Poundra 80 Bengali Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Pundari 6,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
 Qazi 3,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,900 - - - -
 Rabha 4,300 Assamese Progress Gauge 4,200 - - 30 - -
 Rai 20 Nepali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 9,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,800 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 1,068,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,063,000 - 200 1,300 60 3,000
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 53,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 53,000 - - - - 200
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Bargujar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Rajput Batsa 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhadauria 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Dikhit 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Rajput Sandilya 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Raju 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rajwar 4,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rongkup-Lepcha Unknown Lepcha Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 1,600 Santhali Progress Gauge 1,100 - - 400 - 30
 Saora unspecified Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sarki 70 Nepali Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Sayyid 21,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 21,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 1,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 8,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 8,400 - - - -
Shaikh Nashya 77,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 77,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 93,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 93,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 141,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 141,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 616,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 616,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 5,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,000 - - - -
 Sherpa 30 Nepali Progress Gauge - - 30 - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 7,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,800 - - - - 60
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Tamang 70 Nepali Progress Gauge 40 - 20 - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Tibetan Unknown Tibetan, Central Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Tili 9,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 9,100 - - - - -
 Tiyar 20 Bengali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
  Totals:  232 3,296,000   206 2,312,000 971,000 500 4,500 500 6,100
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