India, West Bengal state, Bankura district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	West Bengal
District:	Bankura

Major People Groups

119

Major Unreached People Groups

114

Total Population

4,223,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

84.9 %

Muslim

9.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

5.5 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Aguri	44,000	Bengali	1	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	4,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	294,000	Bengali	0	293,000	-1 -	90	400	40	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Bengali	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	61,000	Bengali	0	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania Bais	6,500	Hindi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gandha Banik	21,000	Bengali	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	7,500	Bengali	0	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahesri	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Oswal	1,100	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania Porwal	1,200	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Bania Subarna Banik	20,000	Bengali	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	87,000	Hindi	0	86,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	48,000	Lambadi	1	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	357,000	Bengali	1	357,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	100	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhogta	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	8,900	Hindi	0	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	2,400	Hindi	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	10,000	Hindi	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	40,000	Bengali	1	40,000	50	-1 -	40	-1 -	200
Brahmin Acharya	7,100	Bengali	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Barna	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhat	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Maithili	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	113,000	Bengali	0	113,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	229,000	Hindi	0	228,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400
Brahmin Utkal	17,000	Bengali	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vaidik	14,000	Bengali	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	16,000	Bengali	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	3,900	Bengali	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	38,000	Hindi	1	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	38,000	Odia	1	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom Murdafarash	5,500	Odia	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	19,000	Bengali	1	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai Maira	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hazra (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Bengali	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	6,900	Bengali	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	20,000	Bengali	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	6,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaora	2,100	Bengali	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karenga	1,400	Bengali	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	62,000	Hindi	0	62,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	5,700	Bengali	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	81,000	Bengali	1	81,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Kharia	2,800	Kharia	2	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	13,000	Hindi	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200
Kotal	1,700	Bengali	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	46,000	Hindi	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	70,000	Hindi	0	70,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi Mahato	7,000	Bengali	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	2,100	Bengali	2	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	116,000	Hindi	0	116,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	20	-1 -
Mahali	2,000	Bengali	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahanta	4,600	Bengali	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	2,100	Marathi	1	2,100	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	69,000	Bengali	1	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	40,000	Hindi	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	10,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Kewat (Muslim traditions)	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	2,600	Gujarati	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	51,000	Bengali	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Bengali	1	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	1,800	Mundari	5	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Nai (Hindu traditions)	39,000	Hindi	0	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Bengali	1	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	9,400	Bengali	1	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	6,500	Bengali	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	61,000	Hindi	0	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Batsa	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sandilya	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raju	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	1,400	Hindi	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sahi	300	Marathi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samanthan	20,000	Odia	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	3,600	Bengali	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	304,000	Santhali	2	77,000	300	20	900	-1 -	226,000
Saora unspecified	2,500	Odia	2	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	13,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	55,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	55,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	245,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	245,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	89,000	Bengali	1	89,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	43,000	Bengali	1	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Bengali	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	87,000	Bengali	0	87,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	111,000	Hindi	0	111,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	186,000	Bengali	0	186,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	288,000	Hindi	0	288,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	5,700	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	5,900	Hindi	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	157,000	Bengali	0	157,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 119	4,191,000		114 ●	3,558,000	399,000	200	2,900	300	231,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 273	4,223,000		257 ●	3,584,000	404,000	200	4,000	400	231,000

* 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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