India, Madhya Pradesh state, Balaghat district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Madhya Pradesh
District:	Balaghat

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,871,000

Buddhist

3.9 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

89.6 %

Muslim

2.2 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

4.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiga	26,000	Hindi	1	24,000	80	-1 -	60	-1 -	1,600
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	9,600	Bengali	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,800	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Bania unspecified	10,000	Hindi	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,800
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Lambadi	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Muslim traditions)	3,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoyar	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Binjhia	15,000	Hindi	1	15,000	30	-1 -	20	-1 -	60
Brahmin Ojha	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	20,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	200
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	1	14,000	-1 -	400	100	-1 -	-1 -
Chhipa (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Dhimar	46,000	Hindi	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garpaguri	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Maria	65,000	Gondi, Northern	1	53,000	80	40	400	-1 -	11,000
Gond Muria	3,700	Hindi	1	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	600
Gond Nagawasi	6,500	Hindi	1	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	1,100
Gond unspecified	319,000	Hindi	1	263,000	400	200	2,100	40	54,000
Gosain Dasnami	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	5,600	Hindi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gowari	12,000	Marathi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Halba	5,100	Marathi	1	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Holar	2,300	Marathi	1	2,300	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachhi (Hindu traditions)	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachhi Kachhwaha	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Hindi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	54,000	Hindi	0	54,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Katia	7,200	Hindi	0	7,200	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Gujarati	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kol	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolha	1,900	Ho	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Mahadev	5,300	Marathi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Malhar	1,700	Marathi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	7,100	Marathi	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	6,200	Hindi	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	51,000	Gujarati	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Kunbi Dhaneja	1,800	Marathi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Khaire	1,800	Marathi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Khedule	1,800	Marathi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Lonari	1,800	Marathi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Tirole	1,800	Marathi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	138,000	Hindi	0	138,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha Jariya	43,000	Hindi	0	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Hindi	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	95,000	Marathi	1	22,000	-1 -	72,000	-1 -	40	-1 -
Mahar (Christian traditions)	1,100	Marathi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	22,000	Marathi	1	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kunbi	6,100	Gujarati	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	82,000	Marathi	0	81,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Mali (Hindu traditions)	158,000	Hindi	0	158,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali Bhagirathi	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mana	23,000	Marathi	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mang Garudi	1,700	Marathi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Marathi	1	1,300	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nanakshahi	100	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -
Panika	11,000	Chhattisgarhi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhan	6,500	Pardhan	1	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Pashtun, Pathan	9,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	5,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	6,200	Hindi	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	175,000	Hindi	0	175,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	300
Rajput Agnivansi	9,200	Hindi	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Jadon	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	82,000	Hindi	0	82,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	3,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	13,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Sonjhara	400	Odia	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	38,000	Hindi	0	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Hindi	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	1,800	Telugu	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Hindi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 92	1,829,000		91 ●	1,642,000	37,000	73,000	4,000	200	74,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 318	1,871,000		299 ●	1,676,000	42,000	73,000	5,200	1,000	75,000

* 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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