India, West Bengal state, Uttar Dinajpur district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	West Bengal
District:	Uttar Dinajpur

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

3,281,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.5 %

Hindu

47.4 %

Muslim

52.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Bengali	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Bengali	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,100	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania Khatri	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	6,600	Hindi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000
Bauri	2,300	Bengali	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	8,400	Hindi	0	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Kannada	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Hindu traditions)	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhogta	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	5,100	Bengali	1	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	1,100	Hindi	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	4,800	Hindi	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	2,600	Bengali	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	56,000	Hindi	0	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Buna (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Bengali	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Chaupal	1,100	Hindi	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,700	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Doai	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Odia	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	4,200	Bengali	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	7,700	Hindi	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	26,000	Bengali	1	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jaraj (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	6,000	Bengali	1	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	55,000	Bengali	0	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	8,600	Hindi	0	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	7,700	Bengali	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	38,000	Bengali	0	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	77,000	Hindi	0	77,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	7,200	Bengali	0	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	1,900	Kharia	2	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Koch	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konwar	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	5,000	Hindi	1	4,900	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	51,000	Hindi	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurariar	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	40,000	Hindi	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurol	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	7,100	Hindi	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohara	1,100	Sadri	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	47,000	Bengali	1	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mishri	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	5,700	Mundari	5	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	7,900	Hindi	1	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	115,000	Bengali	1	115,000	-1 -	20	600	20	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	36,000	Bengali	1	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	16,000	Kurux	2	12,000	80	50	3,500	-1 -	50
Paharia	400	Mal Paharia	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paliya	12,000	Bengali	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	7,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	2,900	Bengali	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	6,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	5,300	Assamese	2	5,300	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	499,000	Bengali	1	498,000	-1 -	80	600	30	30
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	9,200	Hindi	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Rajwar	3,200	Hindi	1	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	113,000	Santhali	2	103,000	500	-1 -	8,700	-1 -	1,200
Sayyid	18,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	6,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	73,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	73,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	132,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	132,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	1,446,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,446,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	3,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shershabdia (Muslim traditions)	500	Hindi	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	6,600	Bengali	1	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	3,300	Bengali	1	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Bengali	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	2,800	Bengali	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	1,700	Bengali	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Hindi	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	5,500	Bengali	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 99	3,254,000		93 ●	1,535,000	1,701,000	200	16,000	80	3,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 263	3,281,000		239 ●	1,556,000	1,705,000	400	17,000	500	3,700

* 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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