India, Uttar Pradesh state, Sonbhadra district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Uttar Pradesh
District:	Sonbhadra

Major People Groups

111

Major Unreached People Groups

110

Total Population

2,276,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

93.4 %

Muslim

5.8 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.5 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Agariya (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Agariya	1	18,000	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Ansari	22,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiga	31,000	Hindi	1	30,000	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Baiswar	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	4,200	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Bania Agrahari	3,800	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Baranwal	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasarwani	4,300	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahur	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Ummad	2,700	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Bania unspecified	25,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Bargunda	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bari (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	3,000	Bhojpuri	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	158,000	Hindi	0	158,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat	109,000	Hindi	0	109,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinhar	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	16,000	Hindi	1	16,000	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Biar (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	16,000	Bhojpuri	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	9,500	Hindi	0	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	40,000	Hindi	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	89,000	Hindi	0	89,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	219,000	Hindi	1	214,000	-1 -	1,600	2,900	-1 -	-1 -
Chero	40,000	Hindi	1	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhangar Bharwad	19,000	Gujarati	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhangri	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dharhi (Muslim traditions)	800	Hindi	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dharkar	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kanaujia	19,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Odia	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Hindi	0	21,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	60,000	Hindi	0	60,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria Nikhad	47,000	Hindi	0	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Hindi	1	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Dhuriya	35,000	Duruwa	1	33,000	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700
Gond unspecified	171,000	Hindi	1	163,000	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	7,800
Goriya (Muslim traditions)	600	Hindi	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gual	40	Hindi	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	3,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hela	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	6,900	Hindi	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	7,400	Hindi	0	7,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	9,400	Hindi	0	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Sribastab	7,100	Hindi	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharwar	84,000	Hindi	1	84,000	90	-1 -	-1 -	20	60
Khatik (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kol	72,000	Hindi	0	71,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	30	-1 -
Korwa	1,100	Telugu	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Kanaujia	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	112,000	Hindi	0	112,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Hindi	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	8,200	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Manihar	1,100	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	6,600	Hindi	1	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	2,600	Kurux	2	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	20
Panika	24,000	Chhattisgarhi	0	24,000	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Panka	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parhaiya	900	Hindi	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Ghilzai	600	Urdu	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak)	4,700	Hindi	0	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	3,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	12,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi Kaithwan	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	6,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	1,200	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	20	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Hindi	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chandel	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Surajbansi	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	4,700	Hindi	1	4,600	-1 -	40	30	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satnami	4,300	Hindi	1	4,200	-1 -	40	20	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	4,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	15,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	41,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	5,700	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Ajudhyabansi	4,200	Hindi	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tawaif (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Hindi	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thathera (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	140,000	Hindi	0	140,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	37,000	Hindi	0	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 111	2,244,000		110 ●	2,101,000	125,000	1,800	3,000	100	11,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 314	2,276,000		300 ●	2,125,000	132,000	1,800	4,000	1,600	11,000

* 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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