Country:

India

Province / State: West Bengal
District: Bankura

Major People Groups

273

Major Unreached People Groups

257

Total Population

4,552,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

85.0 %

Muslim

9.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

5.6 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Aguri 49,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 49,000 - - - - -
 Ansari 5,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,500 - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 20 -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 326,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 325,000 - 100 400 40 -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 68,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 68,000 - - - - -
 Baiti 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - 200
 Bania Agrahari 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 7,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 23,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - 70
 Bania Kasarwani 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Bania Khandelwal 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - 200
Bania Khatri 8,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 8,400 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - 500
 Bania Porwal 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - 100
 Bania Rauniar 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 22,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 87,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 86,000 - - - - 1,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 54,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 54,000 - - - - -
 Bauri 395,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 395,000 - - 300 100 -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 1,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
Bhakat Unknown Bengali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bhar Unknown Bhojpuri Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Bhogta 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 8,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,900 - - - - -
 Bhotia Unknown Nepali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 300 Bengali Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Bhumij 44,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 44,000 60 - 50 - 200
 Bind 60 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Birhor 100 Birhor Progress Gauge 70 - - - - 30
 Brahmin Acharaj 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Acharya 7,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Barna 3,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhat 2,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Dakshini 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 5,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gujarati 60 Gujarati Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Jyoti 400 Odia Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit Unknown Kashmiri Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maha 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maithili 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Ojha 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Parikh 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Purohit 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Pushkarna 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 125,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 125,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Rikhisur 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Srimali 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 229,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 228,000 - - - - 1,400
 Brahmin Utkal 19,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 18,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Vyas 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Chain 4,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 42,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 42,000 - - 600 - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Chero 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Chik (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Christian 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 1,100 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 40 Marathi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Darjee 20 Nepali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Dhanuk 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Dhimal 30 Maithili Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Doai 40 Bengali Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 42,000 Odia Progress Gauge 42,000 - - - - -
Dom Murdafarash 6,100 Odia Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
Dulia 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Faqir 100 Hindi Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Gonrhi 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Gorait 30 Sadri Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Hadi 22,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Hajam 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Halwai Maira 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Hazra (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Ho Unknown Ho Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 40 -
 Jhalo Malo 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,900 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Kahar (Muslim traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 7,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 20,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Kalu 6,600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 6,600 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kami Unknown Nepali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kandra 40 Odia Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Kandu 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kaora 2,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Kapali Unknown Bengali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Karenga 1,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Karmali 500 Maithili Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Kawar Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 62,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 62,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 6,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
 Khairwar 89,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 89,000 - - - 20 -
 Khandait 70 Odia Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Kharia 3,100 Kharia Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Kharwar 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 30 Koch Progress Gauge - - - - - 20
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kol 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Konai Unknown Bengali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Konwar 40 Bengali Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Kori 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 20 - - - 1,400
Kotal 1,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 51,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 51,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 80 Gujarati Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Kurariar Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 77,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 77,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi Mahato 7,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,800 - - - - -
 Lingayat Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - 30
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 129,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 129,000 - 20 - 30 -
Lohara 500 Sadri Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Magar 100 Nepali Progress Gauge 100 - 20 - - -
 Mahali 2,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Mahanta 5,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 2,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,300 - 50 - - -
 Mahishya 76,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 76,000 - - 400 - -
 Mahli 40 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Majhi 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Majhwar 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 45,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 45,000 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 5,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
 Mallah (Muslim traditions) 10,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 10,000 - - - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Mallah Chain (Muslim traditions) 800 Bengali Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions) 100 Bengali Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Mallah Kewat (Muslim traditions) 900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 2,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 2,800 - - - -
 Malto 200 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Marma (Magh) Unknown Rakhine Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Matia 57,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 57,000 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 40,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 40,000 - - - - -
 Munda 1,900 Mundari Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - 90
 Munnur 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Naga 20 Nagamese Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 43,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 43,000 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 27,000 - - 300 - -
 Namassej (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 10,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 10,000 - - 100 - -
 Newah 500 Nepali Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Oraon 400 Kurux Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Pan 600 Odia Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Parsee 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - 20
 Pashtun, Pathan 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Pasi Gujar 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Patralu 300 Odia Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Poundra 700 Bengali Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Pundari 7,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
 Qazi 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
 Rabha 20 Assamese Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - 20 - -
 Rajbhar 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 61,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 61,000 - - - - 400
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Bargujar (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Rajput Batsa 3,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhadauria 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 5,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Dikhit 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Kachhwaha 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Rajput Sandilya 3,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Raju 2,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Rajwar 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 50 Marathi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Rautia 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Rongkup-Lepcha 50 Lepcha Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Sagarbanshi 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Sahi 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Samanthan 22,000 Odia Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
Sankara 4,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 337,000 Santhali Progress Gauge 86,000 300 30 1,000 - 250,000
 Saora unspecified 2,500 Odia Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - 100
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
 Sarki 20 Nepali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Sauria Paharia 40 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Sayyid 14,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 14,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 2,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,700 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 61,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 61,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 61,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 61,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 245,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 245,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 1,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - 20
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 89,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 89,000 - - - 20 -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 47,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 47,000 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Tamang 70 Nepali Progress Gauge 60 20 - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 96,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 96,000 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 20 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 123,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 123,000 - - - - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Tili 206,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 206,000 - - - - -
 Tiyar Unknown Bengali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 288,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 288,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 6,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 6,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 174,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 174,000 - - - - -
  Totals:  273 4,552,000   257 3,871,000 420,000 300 4,300 400 256,000
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