India, Himachal Pradesh state, Kangra district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Himachal Pradesh
District:	Kangra

Major People Groups

125

Major Unreached People Groups

124

Total Population

1,625,000

Buddhist

1.1 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

96.6 %

Muslim

1.2 %

Sikh

0.9 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Hindu traditions)	50,000	Hindi	0	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	8,300	Hindi	0	7,900	-1 -	400	-1 -	20	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bangali (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	1,400	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Banjara Bhanjra	80	Hindi	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barad (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Batwal (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Dogri	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bazigar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	9,800	Hindi	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhatia (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhojki	1,400	Kangri	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Acharaj	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bais	800	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dakaut	800	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dhiman	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	8,200	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit	2,600	Kashmiri	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahant	10,000	Mandeali	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Purohit	4,700	Hindi	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	8,200	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	169,000	Hindi	0	169,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	90
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	103,000	Hindi	1	102,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Changgar	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhimba (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhimba (Sikh traditions)	1,300	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -
Darai	8,900	Kangri	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhangri	5,200	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -
Dhaogri	700	Kangri	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Odia	1	22,000	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Sikh traditions)	900	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -
Dosali	100	Dogri	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gaddi (Hindu traditions)	73,000	Dogri	0	73,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Gosain unspecified	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gujjar (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Gujari	1	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Gujjar (Muslim traditions)	7,500	Gujari	0	-1 -	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	1,700	Bengali	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hali	2,000	Chambeali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jad	100	Khamba	1	30	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	52,000	Hindi	0	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	4,100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,100	-1 -
Jat Bains (Hindu traditions)	800	Punjabi, Eastern	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Bajwa (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Bhutta (Hindu traditions)	90	Punjabi, Western	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Dhillon (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Ghumman (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Her (Hindu traditions)	800	Punjabi, Eastern	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Hijra	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Kahlon (Hindu traditions)	700	Punjabi, Western	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Makiwal	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Sidhu (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Punjabi, Eastern	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Sindhu (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Tarar (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhinwar (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Bengali	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Julaha	36,000	Hindi	0	36,000	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kabirpanthi	3,100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,100	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanchan (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	30	-1 -
Kumhar Prajapat	1,700	Punjabi, Eastern	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kutana	6,200	Hindi	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lahaula	70	Tinani	1	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Hindi	0	28,000	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahtam (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Megh (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirasi (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Punjabi, Eastern	1	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nalband	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pherera (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	380,000	Hindi	0	373,000	-1 -	7,100	20	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	5,700	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Hindi	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chandel	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Dikhit	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gaur	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Jadu	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Jaswal	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Kanet	112,000	Kangri	0	107,000	-1 -	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Nagbansi	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Parihar	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Pathania	7,600	Hindi	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	6,900	Hindi	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathi	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Hindi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sengar	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Solanki	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Thakur	21,000	Kangri	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rathia (Hindu traditions)	95,000	Hindi	0	95,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	6,300	Hindi	1	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Saini (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sanhai (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sanhal	70	Punjabi, Eastern	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sansi (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sansoi	900	Punjabi, Eastern	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sapela	30	Garhwali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sarera (Hindu traditions)	8,300	Punjabi, Eastern	1	8,300	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sarera (Sikh traditions)	1,500	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -
Seok	1,100	Kangri	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	3,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	500	Nepali	2	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sipi	7,500	Chambeali	0	7,500	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Mair	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sudh (Hindu traditions)	8,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	2,700	Tibetan, Central	1	-1 -	-1 -	2,700	20	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Hindi	1	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Hindi	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 125	1,594,000		124 ●	1,551,000	14,000	17,000	1,100	11,000	300
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 289	1,625,000		276 ●	1,570,000	19,000	19,000	2,000	15,000	400

* 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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