Country: India
Province / State: Assam
District: Chirang

Major People Groups

36

Major Unreached People Groups

27

Total Population

492,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

10.0 %

Hindu

67.5 %

Muslim

22.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.4 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Ahom 7,100 Assamese Progress Gauge 7,100 - - 40 - -
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) 20,000 Assamese Progress Gauge - 20,000 - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - 30
 Bania unspecified 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - 80
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) 171,000 Boro (India) Progress Gauge 134,000 400 40 36,000 20 400
 Brahmin unspecified 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Chhetri 1,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,000 - - 40 - -
 Christian 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 2,000 - -
 Gond unspecified 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,400 - - 1,200 - 300
 Gorait 300 Sadri Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Hojai 100 Assamese Progress Gauge 50 - - 50 - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 3,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,000 - - 60 - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 8,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,800 - - 80 - -
 Khairwar 1,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,700 - - 60 - -
 Kumal 100 Nepali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 6,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
 Magar 2,600 Nepali Progress Gauge 2,300 - 50 300 - -
 Mahishya 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 15,000 - - 300 - -
 Munda 11,000 Mundari Progress Gauge 9,200 - - 1,300 - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - 40 - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 22,000 - - 60 - -
 Namassej Chandel 10,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 10,000 - - 20 - -
 Oraon 11,000 Kurux Progress Gauge 9,300 - - 2,100 - -
 Poundra 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,600 - - 60 - -
 Rabha 2,100 Assamese Progress Gauge 2,000 - - 50 - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,300 - - 300 - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 7,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,400 - - - - -
Ranabhat 400 Assamese Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 20,000 Santhali Progress Gauge 16,000 - - 4,000 - 800
 Saora unspecified 1,100 Odia Progress Gauge 900 - - 200 - -
 Sayyid 3,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,200 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 83,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 83,000 - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 4,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Thakali 50 Nepali Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  36 469,000   27 312,000 107,000 90 48,000 20 1,600
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  109 492,000   86 332,000 108,000 400 49,000 80 1,900
* 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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