India, Bihar state, Araria district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Bihar
District:	Araria

Major People Groups

120

Major Unreached People Groups

118

Total Population

3,082,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

57.1 %

Muslim

42.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Abdul	900	Urdu	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Amat	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	33,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Bengali	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bajikar (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gandha Banik	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	2,900	Bengali	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	78,000	Hindi	0	77,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300
Bantar	14,000	Maithili	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beg	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Kannada	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Laria (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhakat	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Hindi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	44,000	Hindi	0	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Ghogra	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	11,000	Bhojpuri	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	6,300	Hindi	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	42,000	Hindi	0	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Buna (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	2,600	Bengali	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	38,000	Hindi	1	36,000	-1 -	30	1,900	-1 -	-1 -
Chaupal	3,300	Hindi	1	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	55,000	Hindi	0	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimal	1,000	Maithili	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	300
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Odia	1	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	88,000	Hindi	0	88,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	6,300	Hindi	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	200	Nepali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	3,400	Bengali	1	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	9,700	Hindi	0	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Bengali	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kabadi	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	12,000	Bengali	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	66,000	Bengali	0	66,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	9,200	Hindi	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	7,100	Hindi	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatwa	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Koch	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Magahia	1,100	Odia	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar Kamti	900	Maithili	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	9,900	Hindi	0	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maghaiya	40	Hindi	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	2,300	Bengali	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	5,400	Hindi	1	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	8,000	Hindi	0	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	6,200	Hindi	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Markande	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mir	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirzakhani	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mishri	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	208,000	Hindi	1	208,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	20	-1 -
Nagar	3,500	Bengali	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Bengali	1	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	16,000	Bengali	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	3,900	Kurux	2	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	10,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	11,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	1,100	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	4,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	9,100	Hindi	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	181,000	Bengali	1	179,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,000
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	58,000	Hindi	0	58,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	1,100	Hindi	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	11,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sahisia	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	26,000	Santhali	2	25,000	60	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	80
Sayyid	28,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	8,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	94,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	94,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	8,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	1,080,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,080,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	5,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Hindi	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Hindi	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	68,000	Bengali	0	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	39,000	Hindi	0	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thathera (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	21,000	Bengali	1	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turaiha	1,500	Bhojpuri	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	138,000	Hindi	0	138,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	38,000	Hindi	0	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 120	3,037,000		118 ●	1,724,000	1,306,000	70	3,100	50	4,300
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 281	3,082,000		270 ●	1,759,000	1,314,000	200	3,700	400	4,400

* 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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