India, Bihar state, Bhojpur district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Bihar
District:	Bhojpur

Major People Groups

139

Major Unreached People Groups

139

Total Population

3,117,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

93.2 %

Muslim

6.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Abdul	2,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	48,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasarwani	4,400	Hindi	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Rauniar	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700
Bari (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhand (Muslim traditions)	500	Hindi	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	17,000	Bhojpuri	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	9,300	Hindi	0	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhathiara (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Muslim traditions)	500	Urdu	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	30,000	Bhojpuri	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	84,000	Hindi	0	84,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	9,800	Hindi	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Jijhotia	8,200	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Jyoti	7,100	Odia	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khandelwal	7,600	Hindi	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	6,600	Bengali	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	209,000	Hindi	0	208,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Brahmin Varendra	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	138,000	Hindi	1	136,000	-1 -	200	1,800	-1 -	-1 -
Chik (Muslim traditions)	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	4,700	Hindi	0	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Odia	1	3,900	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	144,000	Hindi	0	144,000	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Hindi	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria Dhingar	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria Nikhad	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharb (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	10,000	Hindi	1	10,000	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Gonrhi	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	3,100	Bengali	1	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	24,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Bengali	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	108,000	Hindi	0	108,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	57,000	Hindi	0	57,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	9,100	Hindi	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	91,000	Hindi	0	91,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Marathi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	51,000	Hindi	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	242,000	Hindi	0	242,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Bardiha	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Kanaujia	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Hindi	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	147,000	Hindi	0	147,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi Mahato	6,800	Bengali	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	44,000	Hindi	0	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Hindi	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	7,100	Hindi	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manihar	2,900	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirzakhani	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	50,000	Hindi	1	49,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nalband	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	20,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Hindi	0	27,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi Gujar	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi Kaithwan	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi Rajpasi	4,600	Hindi	1	4,600	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pawaria (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	11,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	1,200	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	2,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rahmani (Muslim traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	266,000	Hindi	0	266,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	6,400	Hindi	0	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhadauria	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Hindi	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chandel	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Dikhit	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gaur	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Jadon	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Jadu	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Parihar	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	7,900	Hindi	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	7,200	Hindi	0	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sengar	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Solanki	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	8,400	Hindi	1	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar Nagbansi	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar Rajbhar	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Marathi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	7,000	Hindi	1	6,900	-1 -	40	80	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	3,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Saini (Muslim traditions)	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	6,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	3,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	2,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	55,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Hindi	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Sonar Barhaiya	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Jathera	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Kammakala	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Magahiya	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	5,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	66,000	Hindi	0	66,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thathera (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turaiha	5,600	Bhojpuri	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	378,000	Hindi	0	378,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	9,100	Hindi	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	116,000	Hindi	0	116,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	9,100	Hindi	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 139	3,083,000		139 ●	2,878,000	201,000	600	1,800	20	1,500
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 276	3,117,000		269 ●	2,905,000	206,000	700	2,200	500	1,500

* 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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