India, Jharkhand state, Singhbhum, West district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Jharkhand
District:	Singhbhum, West

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,522,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.8 %

Hindu

30.4 %

Muslim

3.3 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

60.4 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	1,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Bengali	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	3,700	Hindi	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bhakat	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	4,100	Hindi	1	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	16,000	Hindi	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	11,000	Bengali	1	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	3,000
Birhor	600	Birhor	2	20	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	300
Brahmin Bengali	5,500	Bengali	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Hindi	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,400	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -
Dangi	5,500	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Dom (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Odia	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda	57,000	Odia	0	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Jhare	1,600	Gondi, Northern	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Gond unspecified	14,000	Hindi	1	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	6,600
Hadi	2,000	Bengali	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	788,000	Ho	1	16,000	600	100	17,000	-1 -	754,000
Jat (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	8,800	Hindi	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	3,100	Odia	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	2,000	Hindi	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	1,300
Kumhar Magahia	1,200	Odia	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	6,400	Hindi	0	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Hindi	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohara	3,300	Sadri	1	1,300	20	-1 -	200	-1 -	1,800
Mahanta	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	25,000	Bengali	1	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,300
Mahli	4,500	Marathi	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	4,200
Majhwar	3,100	Hindi	1	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Mal (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	143,000	Mundari	5	3,000	200	200	59,000	-1 -	80,000
Nai (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	33,000	Kurux	2	1,900	30	20	7,600	-1 -	23,000
Pan	7,800	Odia	1	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	9,400	Bengali	1	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Puran Bhaja	40	Panchpargania	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puran unspecified	40	Panchpargania	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Bengali	1	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	17,000
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	1,100	Hindi	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	15,000	Santhali	2	600	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	15,000
Shaikh Qureshi	6,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	4,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	33,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sukiyar	300	Magahi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	39,000	Bengali	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,400
Teli (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	2,300	Bengali	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	53,000	Hindi	0	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Bagal	900	Odia	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	10,000	Bengali	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 65	1,480,000		60 ●	428,000	47,000	400	87,000	40	917,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 302	1,522,000		277 ●	463,000	50,000	400	88,000	1,100	918,000

* 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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