India, Goa state, Goa, South district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Goa
District:	Goa, South

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

691,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

33.9 %

Hindu

55.8 %

Muslim

9.8 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.3 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ager (Hindu traditions)	400	Kannada	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agri	2,200	Marathi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ajila	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Hindi	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bahrupi	50	Marathi	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bakad	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bandi (Hindu traditions)	300	Tamil	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,300	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Bania unspecified	21,000	Hindi	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bellara	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhansala	6,500	Marathi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhavit	2,000	Konkani, Goan	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Chitpavan	2,700	Marathi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Deshastha	1,300	Marathi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Devarukha	1,500	Marathi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Karhada	1,500	Marathi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	33,000	Hindi	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	100
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	1	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Charodi	400	Konkani, Goan	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devadiga (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Tulu	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Parit	1,800	Marathi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	5,200	Kannada	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda	4,500	Odia	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda, tribe	56,000	Konkani	2	11,000	200	50	45,000	-1 -	20
Ghadi	300	Konkani, Goan	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Giddikki	9,100	Konkani	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	175,000	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	175,000	-1 -	-1 -
Gondaru	6,900	Kannada	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halleer	200	Konkani, Goan	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halsar	500	Kannada	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwakki Wakkal	9,200	Kannada	1	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kathodi	1,400	Marathi	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Gujarati	1	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Mahadev	1,600	Marathi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Komarpaik	3,200	Konkani	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kotegar	900	Kannada	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	49,000	Gujarati	0	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Konkani	14,000	Konkani, Goan	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi, tribe	4,400	Konkani	2	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	1,000	Kannada	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	1,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	3,400	Marathi	1	2,900	-1 -	500	100	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Gomatang	2,400	Marathi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Konkani	1,800	Marathi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kshatriya	2,600	Marathi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kunbi	3,700	Gujarati	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Shinde	3,400	Marathi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	48,000	Marathi	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Malava	300	Tulu	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moger unspecified	1,000	Kannada	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukri	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Tamil	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai Mhalo Nhavi	500	Konkani, Goan	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	5,300	Malayalam	1	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Padiar	90	Konkani, Goan	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	3,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	3,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	5,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	45,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	6,100	Hindi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Muslim traditions)	2,100	Konkani, Goan	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Hindi	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thovoi	8,000	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	8,000	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	4,200	Kannada	1	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velip	32,000	Konkani, Goan	1	32,000	80	-1 -	40	-1 -	20
Viswakarma unspecified	5,800	Tamil	1	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 79	656,000		75 ●	360,000	64,000	500	231,000	10	1,600
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 275	691,000		253 ●	385,000	68,000	600	235,000	900	1,800

* 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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