India, West Bengal state, Alipurduar district people groups

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

Major People Groups

107

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,621,000

Buddhist

2.2 %

Christian

7.2 %

Hindu

79.9 %

Muslim

9.4 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

1.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Asur	1,200	Asuri	2	800	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	40
Badaik	22,000	Sadri	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Bengali	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	7,300	Hindi	0	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Bania Gandha Banik	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	7,900	Bengali	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahesri	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	41,000	Hindi	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Barua	80	Bengali	0	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia	10,000	Nepali	2	1,000	-1 -	8,400	600	-1 -	40
Bhuinmali	3,200	Bengali	1	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Boro (India)	2	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Buna (Hindu traditions)	6,300	Bengali	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	3,700	Bengali	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Hindi	1	3,900	-1 -	40	100	-1 -	-1 -
Chik Baraik	5,300	Sadri	1	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	200
Christian	11,000	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	2,500	Nepali	1	2,400	-1 -	50	100	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	500	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	100	Odia	1	20	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	20	30	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	600	Nepali	0	500	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	4,000	Nepali	2	700	-1 -	2,600	700	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	2,900	Bengali	1	2,800	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hira	900	Assamese	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	1,100	Ho	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	1,100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	4,900	Bengali	1	4,700	-1 -	60	200	-1 -	-1 -
Jimdar	2,200	Bengali	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	31,000	Bengali	0	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Hindi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	3,600	Bengali	0	3,500	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	7,200	Bengali	0	7,100	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	7,000	Nepali	1	6,900	-1 -	90	80	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	1,700	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	3,800	Bengali	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	42,000	Hindi	0	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	3,900	Bengali	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khambu	20,000	Bengali	1	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	2,800	Odia	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	2,000	Kharia	2	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Konwar	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	8,200	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	14,000	Bengali	2	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	5,700	-1 -	300
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	8,400	Hindi	0	8,300	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohara	2,900	Sadri	1	1,800	-1 -	800	200	-1 -	30
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahali	9,900	Bengali	1	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	300
Mahishya	10,000	Bengali	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Hindi	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	1,100	Mal Paharia	2	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Marma (Magh)	700	Rakhine	1	80	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	15,000	Boro (India)	2	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -
Mishri	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	7,800	Bengali	1	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	36,000	Mundari	5	22,000	50	60	13,000	-1 -	700
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	20
Nai (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai Nabasakh	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	136,000	Bengali	1	129,000	-1 -	40	6,500	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	55,000	Bengali	1	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	13,000	Nepali	1	7,700	-1 -	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	160,000	Kurux	2	101,000	200	90	49,000	40	9,800
Paharia	200	Mal Paharia	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	3,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	1,700	Bengali	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	7,700	Assamese	2	4,200	20	200	3,300	-1 -	20
Rai	5,600	Nepali	2	1,400	-1 -	300	700	-1 -	3,200
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	353,000	Bengali	1	350,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Hindi	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Rajput Batsa	800	Bengali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sandilya	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	19,000	Santhali	2	12,000	50	-1 -	6,300	-1 -	200
Sarki	2,500	Nepali	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	3,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	11,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	8,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	8,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	116,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	116,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	2,600	Nepali	2	100	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Hindi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	1,600	Nepali	1	300	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	1,200
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	6,200	Bengali	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	14,000	Nepali	2	1,000	30	12,000	1,300	-1 -	40
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	7,600	Hindi	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Bengali	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	1,500	Tibetan, Central	1	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Toto	1,800	Toto	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Hindi	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	6,800	Bengali	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	1,900	Nepali	2	500	-1 -	90	60	-1 -	1,200
Major Groups (displayed): 107	1,571,000		90 ●	1,255,000	146,000	35,000	115,000	1,100	18,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 368	1,621,000		332 ●	1,296,000	152,000	36,000	116,000	1,900	18,000

* 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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