India, Chhattisgarh state, Janjgir-Champa district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Chhattisgarh
District:	Janjgir-Champa

Major People Groups

111

Major Unreached People Groups

108

Total Population

1,658,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

98.8 %

Muslim

0.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Audhelia	500	Chhattisgarhi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Bengali	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,800	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Bania Kasarwani	5,000	Hindi	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahur	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	27,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Lambadi	1	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor Kandra	200	Marathi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhaina	7,000	Chhattisgarhi	1	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Bharia Bhumia	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	73,000	Hindi	0	73,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Ghogra	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Kharbind	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Kharot	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Nikhad	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinhar	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhulia	2,500	Odia	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Binjhia	6,200	Hindi	1	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	45,000	Hindi	0	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	136,000	Hindi	1	135,000	-1 -	200	300	-1 -	-1 -
Chauhan	3,300	Chhattisgarhi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Daharia	2,700	Chhattisgarhi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Daraiha	4,200	Chhattisgarhi	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi Mathuria (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dewar	1,000	Odia	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhangri	700	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanwar	4,600	Chhattisgarhi	1	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimar	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi	3,600	Hindi	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Batham	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kanaujia	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kathiya	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Mathuria	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Parit	1,600	Marathi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Sribastab	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria Dhingar	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganda	22,000	Odia	1	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Muria	2,000	Hindi	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Nagawasi	1,100	Hindi	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Rajgond	22,000	Gondi, Northern	1	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	50
Gond Singhrolia	1,100	Chhattisgarhi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	60,000	Hindi	1	59,000	50	-1 -	90	-1 -	1,300
Gosain Dasnami	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	7,700	Hindi	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Bengali	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachhi (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Hindi	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	6,500	Hindi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Marathi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	27,000	Hindi	1	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	30
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	4,000	Bengali	1	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	1,100	Kharia	2	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolta	12,000	Odia	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	24,000	Marathi	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Kumhar Bardiha	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	86,000	Hindi	0	86,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha Jariya	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	2,100	Marathi	1	2,100	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	3,900	Marathi	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	2,900	Hindi	1	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	68,000	Hindi	0	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali Bhagirathi	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mowar	300	Chhattisgarhi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	22,000	Kurux	2	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	20
Pando	700	Chhattisgarhi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panika	67,000	Chhattisgarhi	0	67,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	2,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	44,000	Hindi	0	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	41,000	Hindi	0	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Rajput Agnivansi	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	8,000	Hindi	0	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Saora unspecified	17,000	Odia	2	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Satnami	168,000	Hindi	1	167,000	-1 -	300	700	-1 -	-1 -
Sauntia	1,100	Odia	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	7,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	100,000	Hindi	0	100,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	9,300	Hindi	0	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Sribastab	8,200	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vasudev	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	101,000	Hindi	0	101,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	12,000	Telugu	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Jadubans	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kamariha	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Nandbans	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	38,000	Hindi	0	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 111	1,620,000		108 ●	1,604,000	11,000	500	1,700	20	2,200
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 347	1,658,000		330 ●	1,637,000	14,000	500	2,600	500	2,200

* 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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