Country:

India

Province / State: West Bengal
District: Maldah

Major People Groups

279

Major Unreached People Groups

260

Total Population

4,589,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

48.6 %

Muslim

50.9 %

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
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) 50 Agariya Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Aghori 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Aguri 90 Bengali Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Ahmadi 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Amat 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Ansari 59,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 59,000 - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 40 -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 7,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
 Baiti 50 Marathi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 6,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - 70
 Bania Agrahari 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 3,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bania Kasarwani 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 2,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - 60
 Bania Porwal 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - 20
 Bania Rauniar 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 800 Bengali Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - 400
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bauri 300 Bengali Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
Besya (Muslim traditions) 800 Bengali Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
Bhand (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Bhar 3,300 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Bhogta 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Bhotia 40 Nepali Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 5,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,000 - 20 - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - 20 - - -
 Bhumij 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bind 46,000 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 46,000 - - - - -
Birhor 20 Birhor Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Acharya 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Bhumihar 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 500 Marathi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 2,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 42,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 42,000 - 20 - - 100
 Brahmin Utkal 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Vyas Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
 Chain 121,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 121,000 - - - - -
 Chakma 100 Chakma Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - 30 300 - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Chaupal 4,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Chero 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 40 - - - -
Chhimba (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Chik Baraik 60 Sadri Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Christian 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 3,000 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 3,300 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,300 - - - -
 Darjee Unknown Nepali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Dhangri 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Dhanuk 40,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 40,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
Doai 30 Bengali Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Odia Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Dom (Muslim traditions) 3,900 Hindi Progress Gauge - 3,900 - - - -
Dom Murdafarash 500 Odia Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Dulia 9,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 9,600 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 2,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Faqir 300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) Unknown Garo Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Gonrhi 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Gosain Dasnami 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 2,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Hadi 24,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 24,000 - 30 - - -
 Hajam 900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Hajang 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,400 - - - - -
 Halwai Maira 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Ho 600 Ho Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Jaraj (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 400 -
 Jhalo Malo 21,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
Kabadi 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Kadar 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Kahar (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 7,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 24,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 60 Telugu Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Kalu 1,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Kamar 90 Kamar Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Kami 20 Nepali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kammara 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Kandra 100 Odia Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kandu 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kaora 300 Bengali Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kapali 500 Bengali Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Karenga 20 Bengali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Karmali 400 Maithili Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - -
 Kawar 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 900 Bengali Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Khairwar 2,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Khambu 60 Bengali Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Khandait 9,500 Odia Progress Gauge 9,500 - - - - -
 Kharia 50 Kharia Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kharwar 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 40 -
Khetauri 2,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Kisan 104,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 104,000 200 - - 20 40
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 9,000 Koch Progress Gauge 8,900 - - - - 50
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 6,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,000 - - - - -
 Kol 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
Konai 600 Bengali Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Konwar 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kori 8,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - - -
 Korwa Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kotal 20 Bengali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
Kurariar 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 38,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 38,000 - - - - -
Kurol 2,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Lakhera 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
Lohar Kamti 700 Maithili Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Lohara 200 Sadri Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Magar 200 Nepali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Maghaiya 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Mahali 2,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,100 - - 500 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 3,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,300 - 70 - - -
 Mahishya 63,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 63,000 - - - - -
 Mahli 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,700 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 8,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,800 - - - - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 7,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 7,700 - - - -
 Malto 5,000 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 4,900 20 - - - -
 Marma (Magh) 70 Rakhine Progress Gauge 50 - 20 - - -
 Matia 1,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Mazhabi (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mech 20 Boro (India) Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Mir 1,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
Mirzakhani 400 Bengali Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
Mishri 2,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Munda 7,000 Mundari Progress Gauge 7,000 20 - 30 - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 8,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,500 - - - - -
Nagar 67,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 67,000 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 39,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 39,000 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 109,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 109,000 - 40 - 20 -
 Namassej Chandel 45,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 45,000 - 20 - - -
 Oraon 15,000 Kurux Progress Gauge 15,000 30 - 100 - 200
 Paharia 4,800 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
 Paliya 35,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 35,000 - - - - -
 Pan 30 Odia Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Parhaiya 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 2,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,700 - - - -
Pashtun Beteli 1,800 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Pashtun Guria 1,700 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
Pashtun Jilan 1,700 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,900 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 300 Bengali Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
Pashtun Niazi 1,900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,900 - - - -
Pashtun Sur 1,900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,900 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 2,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,700 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 38,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 38,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Pasi Gujar 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Pinjara 24,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 24,000 - - - -
 Poundra 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Pundari 25,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Qassab 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Qazi 9,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 9,500 - - - -
 Rabha 1,500 Assamese Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Rahmani (Muslim traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Rai 1,500 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,000 - - 80 - 400
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 160,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 159,000 - 20 200 - 40
 Rajbhar 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - 100
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Rajput Batsa 700 Bengali Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Rajput Sandilya 700 Bengali Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Raju 1,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajwar 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 90 Marathi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Rautia 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 18,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 18,000 - - - -
 Rongkup-Lepcha Unknown Lepcha Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sahariya 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
Sankara 900 Bengali Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 183,000 Santhali Progress Gauge 164,000 300 20 11,000 30 7,900
 Saora unspecified Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
Sauria Paharia 2,300 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 2,300 - - 50 - -
 Sayyid 28,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 28,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 19,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 19,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 203,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 203,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 41,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 41,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 1,837,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,837,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 11,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 11,000 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 8,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 8,100 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 4,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Tamang 30 Nepali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 78,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 78,000 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 40 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 44,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 44,000 - - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Tili 11,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Tiyar 35,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 35,000 - - - - -
 Turaiha 400 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 6,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,800 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 117,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 117,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 51,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 51,000 - - - - -
 Yakthumba, Limbu Unknown Nepali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
  Totals:  279 4,589,000   260 2,228,000 2,335,000 400 15,000 700 9,400
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