India, Bihar state, Purnia district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Bihar
District:	Purnia

Major People Groups

158

Major Unreached People Groups

154

Total Population

3,768,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

59.0 %

Muslim

40.7 %

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	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Amat	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	24,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Bengali	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Bengali	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bajikar (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agrahari	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Bais	6,600	Hindi	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gandha Banik	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasaundhan	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	3,400	Bengali	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	87,000	Hindi	0	86,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000
Beg	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Kannada	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Laria (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhakat	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim traditions)	700	Urdu	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	51,000	Hindi	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Ghogra	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Kharbind	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Kharot	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat	7,300	Hindi	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Nikhad	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	14,000	Bhojpuri	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	6,100	Hindi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	48,000	Hindi	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Buna (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Bengali	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	40,000	Hindi	1	38,000	-1 -	50	1,500	-1 -	-1 -
Chaupal	6,300	Hindi	1	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi Sribastab (Muslim traditions)	500	Urdu	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devhar	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	64,000	Hindi	0	64,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimal	400	Maithili	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kanaujia	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Odia	1	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	70,000	Hindi	0	70,000	-1 -	20	200	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	7,900	Hindi	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	40,000	Hindi	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	17,000	Bengali	1	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	1,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai Maira	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Bengali	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi Kanphata (Hindu traditions)	800	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kabadi	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	29,000	Bengali	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	82,000	Bengali	0	82,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Hindi	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	8,700	Hindi	0	8,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatwa	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kisan	9,900	Hindi	1	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Koch	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	37,000	Hindi	0	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Bardiha	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Kanaujia	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Magahia	2,600	Odia	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurariar	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurol	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar Kamti	1,300	Maithili	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	1,100	Nepali	2	900	-1 -	200	60	-1 -	-1 -
Maghaiya	30	Hindi	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	6,200	Bengali	1	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	1,000	Marathi	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	6,700	Hindi	1	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	7,700	Hindi	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Markande	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mir	2,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirzakhani	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mishri	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	1,600	Mundari	5	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	214,000	Hindi	1	213,000	-1 -	40	600	30	-1 -
Nagar	4,400	Bengali	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Bengali	1	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	18,000	Bengali	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	31,000	Kurux	2	29,000	200	-1 -	600	-1 -	800
Pashtun, Pathan	14,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Persian	300	Dari	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	15,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	2,400	Bengali	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	2,300	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	5,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	188,000	Bengali	1	188,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Rajdhob	700	Angika	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	68,000	Hindi	0	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	3,100	Hindi	0	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	3,700	Hindi	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	17,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sahisia	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	78,000	Santhali	2	74,000	300	40	3,500	-1 -	70
Sayyid	22,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid Husaini	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	16,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	183,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	183,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	76,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	76,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	1,115,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,115,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	10,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shershabdia (Muslim traditions)	3,300	Hindi	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	6,700	Hindi	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Barhaiya	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Jathera	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Kammakala	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Magahiya	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	93,000	Bengali	0	93,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	52,000	Hindi	0	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Sribastab	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thathera (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	26,000	Bengali	1	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turaiha	1,900	Bhojpuri	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions)	2,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Mehtar	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	180,000	Hindi	0	180,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	3,400	Hindi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	53,000	Hindi	0	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	3,400	Hindi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	2,300	Bengali	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 158	3,726,000		154 ●	2,189,000	1,528,000	300	6,700	70	2,300
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 297	3,768,000		284 ●	2,222,000	1,534,000	300	7,700	600	2,400

* 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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