India, West Bengal state, Cooch Behar district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	West Bengal
District:	Cooch Behar

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

3,188,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

70.2 %

Muslim

29.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ahom	1,300	Assamese	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	2,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Asur	400	Asuri	2	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	7,200	Bengali	1	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Bengali	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,100	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Bania unspecified	3,000	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	5,800	Bengali	1	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	5,200	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	7,800	Hindi	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	3,900	Bengali	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	53,000	Hindi	0	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700
Buna (Hindu traditions)	8,900	Bengali	0	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	14,000	Bengali	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	7,500	Hindi	1	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Doai	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	2,200	Bengali	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	19,000	Bengali	1	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	151,000	Bengali	0	151,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	17,000	Bengali	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	68,000	Bengali	0	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	1,700	Bengali	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	94,000	Hindi	0	94,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	4,300	Bengali	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	8,700	Odia	0	8,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Koch	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	51,000	Bengali	1	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Hindi	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Bengali	1	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	1,500	Mundari	5	1,400	30	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Hindi	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	179,000	Bengali	1	178,000	-1 -	60	300	30	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	89,000	Bengali	1	89,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	20	-1 -
Oraon	6,900	Kurux	2	6,200	30	-1 -	400	-1 -	100
Paharia	200	Mal Paharia	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	5,700	Bengali	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	3,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	3,900	Assamese	2	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	9,800	Hindi	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	1,068,000	Bengali	1	1,063,000	-1 -	200	1,300	60	3,000
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	53,000	Hindi	0	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Batsa	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sandilya	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	3,700	Hindi	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	1,400	Santhali	2	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	20
Sayyid	19,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	7,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Nashya	69,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	69,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	84,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	84,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	127,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	127,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	616,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	616,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	4,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	7,900	Hindi	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Bengali	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Bengali	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	8,300	Bengali	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	10,000	Bengali	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 76	3,156,000		71 ●	2,212,000	933,000	200	2,800	100	5,800
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 232	3,188,000		206 ●	2,239,000	937,000	400	4,200	400	6,000

* 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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