India, Assam state, Sonitpur district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Assam
District:	Sonitpur

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,359,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

7.2 %

Hindu

70.3 %

Muslim

21.9 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.4 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ahom	36,000	Assamese	1	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Aka	400	Hruso	2	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arleng	6,100	Karbi	2	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	3,200	-1 -	-1 -
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	88,000	Assamese	0	-1 -	88,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Assamese (Sikh traditions)	300	Assamese	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	6,200	Hindi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Bania Brittal	1,700	Assamese	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	48,000	Hindi	0	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Tibetan	300	Sikkimese	0	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	16,000	Bengali	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	100,000	Boro (India)	2	88,000	400	30	12,000	-1 -	500
Boria Assam	39,000	Assamese	0	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ganak	5,200	Assamese	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	47,000	Hindi	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Chepang	30	Nepali	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	12,000	Nepali	1	11,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	7,800	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	8,000	-1 -	-1 -
Deori	800	Deori	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	500	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	100	Odia	1	80	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	1,700	Garo	3	50	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Maria	3,100	Gondi, Northern	1	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	75,000	Hindi	1	65,000	-1 -	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	200
Hojai	400	Assamese	2	300	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Jalkeot	600	Assamese	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	7,200	Bengali	1	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	6,600	Bengali	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	35,000	Bengali	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	2,700	Bengali	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	10,000	Bengali	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	1,300	Odia	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	18,000	Kharia	2	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	1,900	Khasi	3	100	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -
Korku	2,800	Korku	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	12,000	Telugu	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Kui Khond	7,200	Odia	2	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	80	Nepali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	9,300	Nepali	2	8,400	-1 -	300	700	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	100	Odia	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	18,000	Bengali	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Miri	32,000	Mising	1	32,000	70	-1 -	200	-1 -	30
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Bengali	1	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	162,000	Mundari	5	128,000	-1 -	-1 -	34,000	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Bengali	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	7,300	Bengali	1	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nissi	2,000	Nyishi	3	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	66,000	Kurux	2	56,000	-1 -	-1 -	9,900	-1 -	200
Poundra	5,000	Bengali	1	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	2,700	Assamese	2	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	3,000	Nepali	2	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	100
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Bengali	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	300
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Rajput Chandrabansi	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Surajbansi	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ranabhat	500	Assamese	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	37,000	Santhali	2	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	5,000	-1 -	2,500
Saora unspecified	13,000	Odia	2	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	4,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	202,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	202,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	5,300	Nepali	1	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	1,300	Nepali	2	700	-1 -	500	200	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Bengali	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	2,700	Nepali	1	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	50	Nepali	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	1,400	Bhojpuri	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	6,000	Hindi	1	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	4,100	Nepali	2	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	300
Major Groups (displayed): 79	1,325,000		60 ●	927,000	296,000	1,700	96,000	400	5,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 209	1,359,000		163 ●	955,000	298,000	2,900	97,000	1,100	5,100

* 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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