Country: India
Province / State: Assam
District: Sivasagar

Major People Groups

63

Major Unreached People Groups

49

Total Population

725,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

1.2 %

Hindu

88.0 %

Muslim

10.1 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.6 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Ahom 48,000 Assamese Progress Gauge 47,000 - - 500 - -
 Aka 100 Hruso Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Arleng 5,400 Karbi Progress Gauge 5,300 - - 100 - -
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) 28,000 Assamese Progress Gauge - 28,000 - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 6,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,600 - - - - 60
 Bania unspecified 45,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 45,000 - - - - 100
 Bhumij 19,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 19,000 - - 200 - -
Bilaspuri 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Boro (India) Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 1,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 39,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 39,000 - - - - 30
 Chepang 60 Nepali Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Chhetri 5,300 Nepali Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
 Deori 2,300 Deori Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - 30
 Dowaniya 300 Assamese Progress Gauge - - 300 - - -
 Gond Maria 1,700 Gondi, Northern Progress Gauge 1,700 - - 30 - -
 Gond unspecified 34,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - 500 - 500
 Ho 5,200 Ho Progress Gauge 5,100 - - 100 - -
 Kachari Sonwal 5,300 Assamese Progress Gauge 5,200 30 - 30 - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 3,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 17,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Kami 1,100 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 32,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 32,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 4,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
 Khairwar 6,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
 Kharia 14,000 Kharia Progress Gauge 14,000 - - 100 - -
 Korku 2,300 Korku Progress Gauge 2,300 - - 50 - -
 Kui Khond 3,000 Odia Progress Gauge 2,800 - - 100 - -
 Kumal 100 Nepali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Magar 6,200 Nepali Progress Gauge 6,200 - - 20 - -
 Mahishya 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Mech 900 Boro (India) Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Meitei unspecified 2,300 Meitei Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Miri 17,000 Mising Progress Gauge 17,000 30 - 20 - 30
 Mishmi 300 Digaro-Mishmi Progress Gauge 300 - - 20 - -
 Munda 98,000 Mundari Progress Gauge 96,000 - - 2,500 - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Newah 1,900 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Oraon 25,000 Kurux Progress Gauge 24,000 - - 500 - 200
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Poundra 3,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Rai 2,800 Nepali Progress Gauge 2,200 - - 20 - 700
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,900 - - 40 - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - 20
 Santal (Sawntal) 63,000 Santhali Progress Gauge 58,000 - - 1,900 - 2,500
 Saora unspecified 2,800 Odia Progress Gauge 2,700 - - 80 - -
 Sarki 400 Nepali Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Sayyid 1,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 43,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 43,000 - - - -
 Singpho 100 Singpho Progress Gauge - - 100 - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Tamang 1,900 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Thakuri 900 Nepali Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Thami 40 Nepali Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Tharu 2,000 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 6,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,900 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 1,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  63 699,000   49 615,000 73,000 500 6,900 0 4,100
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  215 725,000   169 638,000 73,000 600 8,900 500 4,600
* 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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