India, West Bengal state, Howrah district people groups

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

Major People Groups

138

Major Unreached People Groups

132

Total Population

5,745,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

71.2 %

Muslim

28.3 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.3 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Aguri	1,300	Bengali	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anglo	1,200	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	53,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	263,000	Bengali	0	263,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	30	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	8,900	Bengali	1	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	65,000	Bengali	0	65,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	1,400	Marathi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	12,000	Hindi	0	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,300
Bania Gandha Banik	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khandelwal	1,700	Hindi	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600
Bania Khatri	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Oswal	1,200	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700
Bania Porwal	1,000	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania Subarna Banik	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	54,000	Hindi	0	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,200
Barua	40	Bengali	0	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	3,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	2,900	Bhojpuri	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhaskar	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Acharaj	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Acharya	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Barna	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhat	2,200	Bengali	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Christian	100	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	29,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	52,000	Hindi	0	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khandelwal	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	4,200	Marathi	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Maithili	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	163,000	Bengali	0	163,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	297,000	Hindi	0	296,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Brahmin Utkal	1,700	Bengali	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vaidik	16,000	Bengali	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	23,000	Bengali	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	8,600	Bengali	0	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	7,300	Bengali	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Chasadhobi	4,100	Bengali	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,200	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	5,700	Odia	1	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	40,000	Bengali	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	8,800	Bengali	1	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Hindi	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai Maira	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hazra (Hindu traditions)	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	7,800	Hindi	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Muslim traditions)	1,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	2,400	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	113,000	Bengali	0	113,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	18,000	Bengali	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	27,000	Bengali	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	7,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	8,300	Hindi	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaora	51,000	Bengali	1	51,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	17,000	Bengali	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karenga	12,000	Bengali	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Marathi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	174,000	Hindi	0	174,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	7,700	Bengali	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	30,000	Odia	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	9,400	Hindi	0	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konwar	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	68,000	Hindi	0	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	1,089,000	Bengali	1	1,087,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	39,000	Gujarati	0	-1 -	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	2,200	Bengali	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mir	2,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	31,000	Bengali	1	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	1,700	Mundari	5	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	83,000	Hindi	0	83,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	62,000	Bengali	1	61,000	-1 -	60	300	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	33,000	Bengali	1	32,000	-1 -	30	200	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	2,600	Kurux	2	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	60
Pashtun Afridi	4,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Beteli	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Dilazak	800	Urdu	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Guria	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Jilan	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Kakar	3,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak)	4,100	Hindi	0	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Mohmand	1,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Niazi	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Sur	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	4,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	71,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	71,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	2,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	102,000	Bengali	1	102,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	7,400	Bengali	0	7,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	5,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	68,000	Bengali	1	68,000	-1 -	40	300	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	51,000	Hindi	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Batsa	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-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 -
Raju	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	3,200	Bengali	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	6,100	Santhali	2	5,100	30	-1 -	500	-1 -	500
Sayyid	29,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid Husaini	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	10,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	117,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	117,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	214,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	214,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	1,035,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,035,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	6,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Siyalgir (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Sukli	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	8,300	Bengali	1	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	4,200	Bengali	1	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	8,300	Bengali	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	53,000	Hindi	0	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	84,000	Bengali	0	84,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	69,000	Hindi	0	69,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	50,000	Bengali	0	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	46,000	Bengali	1	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	225,000	Hindi	0	225,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	3,800	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	104,000	Bengali	0	104,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 138	5,693,000		132 ●	4,044,000	1,621,000	500	7,700	2,400	15,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 393	5,745,000		359 ●	4,088,000	1,626,000	1,100	8,800	4,300	15,000

* 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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