India, Chhattisgarh state, Dhamtari district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Chhattisgarh
District:	Dhamtari

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

916,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

97.4 %

Muslim

1.2 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.9 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Bengali	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,200	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania unspecified	6,900	Hindi	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,300
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Lambadi	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Ghogra	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhulia	2,600	Odia	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhunjia	400	Bhunjia	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	7,000	Hindi	1	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Chauhan	600	Chhattisgarhi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Daharia	200	Chhattisgarhi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimar	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	5,700	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria Dhingar	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganda	4,600	Odia	1	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda	1,100	Odia	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Kandra	2,000	Chhattisgarhi	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Nagawasi	2,000	Hindi	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Rajgond	21,000	Gondi, Northern	1	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	200
Gond Singhrolia	2,000	Chhattisgarhi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	220,000	Hindi	1	216,000	90	20	900	50	3,300
Gosain unspecified	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halba	19,000	Marathi	1	19,000	50	-1 -	20	-1 -	300
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamar	6,500	Kamar	0	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Kammara	3,200	Telugu	1	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Marathi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	16,000	Hindi	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khadura	400	Odia	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	1,500	Odia	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolta	11,000	Odia	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	10,000	Marathi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	8,400	Hindi	0	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	5,800	Marathi	1	5,300	-1 -	500	-1 -	20	-1 -
Mahara	60	Odia	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	2,000	Marathi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Hindi	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	8,600	Hindi	0	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pan	1,700	Odia	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panika	17,000	Chhattisgarhi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	2,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	6,700	Hindi	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	1	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Satnami	63,000	Hindi	1	63,000	-1 -	90	600	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	5,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Teli (Hindu traditions)	96,000	Hindi	0	96,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Hindi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	66,000	Hindi	0	66,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	9,200	Hindi	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Jadubans	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kamariha	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Nandbans	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 72	882,000		72 ●	863,000	8,200	600	1,800	70	7,900
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 351	916,000		332 ●	892,000	11,000	600	2,800	1,200	8,200

* 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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