India, Jharkhand state, Bokaro district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Jharkhand
District:	Bokaro

Major People Groups

113

Major Unreached People Groups

107

Total Population

2,215,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

0.6 %

Hindu

80.1 %

Muslim

13.3 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

5.7 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Agariya (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Agariya	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	74,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	74,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Asur	1,200	Asuri	2	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	48,000	Hindi	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Bengali	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	2,900	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania Barnawar	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahur	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Sinduria	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	16,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600
Bauri	47,000	Bengali	1	46,000	-1 -	90	-1 -	300	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	600
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhand (Muslim traditions)	400	Hindi	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhandari	1,600	Odia	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhogta	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	7,700	Hindi	1	7,700	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	7,400	Hindi	1	7,300	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	1,100	Bengali	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	200
Birhor	300	Birhor	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Brahmin Bhumihar	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	50,000	Hindi	0	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	62,000	Hindi	1	60,000	-1 -	700	800	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	3,100	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Batham	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kanaujia	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kathiya	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Odia	1	15,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	7,700	Hindi	0	7,700	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda	16,000	Odia	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	1	11,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghusuria	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	1,800	Hindi	1	1,700	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gorait	300	Sadri	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain Dasnami	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	5,000	Hindi	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	2,300	Bengali	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Hindi	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	4,000	Ho	1	1,600	20	-1 -	200	-1 -	2,200
Jat (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	1,500	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Julaha	44,000	Hindi	0	44,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	46,000	Hindi	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Telugu	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions)	800	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	3,200	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	8,300	Hindi	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karmali	11,000	Maithili	1	10,000	30	-1 -	20	-1 -	600
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	1,600	Odia	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	109,000	Hindi	0	109,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	8,400	Hindi	1	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Kumhar Bardiha	6,600	Hindi	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Kanaujia	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Mathuria	800	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	64,000	Hindi	0	64,000	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	190,000	Hindi	0	190,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohara	1,800	Sadri	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	80
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	2,200	Bengali	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	8,400	Marathi	1	7,800	20	-1 -	30	-1 -	600
Mal (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	19,000	Mundari	5	13,000	60	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	3,200
Nai (Hindu traditions)	43,000	Hindi	0	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	12,000	Kurux	2	5,100	30	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	2,200
Pashtun, Pathan	5,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Bengali	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	56,000	Hindi	0	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	56,000	Hindi	1	56,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	20	-1 -
Rajwar Nagbansi	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar Rajbhar	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rana	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	1	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	183,000	Santhali	2	68,000	300	30	2,100	20	112,000
Sayyid	8,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	18,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	33,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	147,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	147,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	8,200	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	9,800	Bengali	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	115,000	Hindi	0	115,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	5,700	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Sribastab	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Hindi	1	28,000	-1 -	70	-1 -	20	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	219,000	Hindi	0	219,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Muslim traditions)	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 113	2,168,000		107 ●	1,737,000	288,000	1,900	13,000	1,800	125,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 321	2,215,000		306 ●	1,775,000	294,000	1,900	14,000	4,100	126,000

* 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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