India, Jharkhand state, Palamu district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Jharkhand
District:	Palamu

Major People Groups

116

Major Unreached People Groups

113

Total Population

2,104,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

85.8 %

Muslim

13.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Agariya (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Agariya	1	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	64,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	64,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Asur	500	Asuri	2	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badaik	11,000	Sadri	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Hindi	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Bengali	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiga	1,200	Hindi	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Bengali	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	4,000	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bhakat	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhogta	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	29,000	Hindi	1	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	20	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	167,000	Hindi	1	166,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	60	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	5,400	Hindi	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	4,300	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khandelwal	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	1,700	Bengali	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	62,000	Hindi	0	62,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	135,000	Hindi	1	133,000	-1 -	100	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Chero	64,000	Hindi	1	63,000	70	-1 -	30	-1 -	70
Chik (Hindu traditions)	49,000	Hindi	0	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dabgar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Marathi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	8,400	Hindi	0	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Odia	1	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	105,000	Hindi	0	105,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	30	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghusuria	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain Dasnami	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	3,500	Bengali	1	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	3,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halalkhor (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	7,500	Hindi	0	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Bengali	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	86,000	Hindi	0	86,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	4,700	Hindi	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	21,000	Hindi	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Marathi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharwar	48,000	Hindi	1	48,000	60	-1 -	50	-1 -	70
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	70,000	Hindi	0	70,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	3,500	Telugu	1	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Hindi	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohara	1,500	Sadri	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Hindi	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	9,300	Hindi	1	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Hindi	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	4,500	Mundari	5	1,600	20	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	400
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	8,500	Hindi	1	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	46,000	Kurux	2	38,000	40	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	5,400
Paik	4,300	Odia	1	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parhaiya	11,000	Hindi	1	11,000	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Pashtun Afridi	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	16,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	9,200	Hindi	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi Gujar	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi Kaithwan	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi Rajpasi	2,000	Hindi	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patari	3,800	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Bengali	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	74,000	Hindi	0	74,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	28,000	Hindi	1	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar Nagbansi	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar Rajbhar	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	53,000	Hindi	1	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Hindi	1	26,000	-1 -	20	300	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	8,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	14,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	24,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	140,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	140,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Barhaiya	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Jathera	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Kammakala	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Magahiya	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	1,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	6,700	Bengali	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	51,000	Hindi	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thathera (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	112,000	Hindi	0	112,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	40,000	Hindi	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 116	2,060,000		113 ●	1,769,000	276,000	200	7,300	100	6,300
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 298	2,104,000		289 ●	1,805,000	283,000	200	8,300	700	6,400

* 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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