India, Maharashtra state, Gadchiroli district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Maharashtra
District:	Gadchiroli

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,340,000

Buddhist

6.3 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

87.5 %

Muslim

1.7 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

4.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	8,600	Hindi	0	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Kannada	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	2,200	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Bania unspecified	9,800	Hindi	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Lambadi	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor Kandra	400	Marathi	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Kannada	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Sunkar	300	Kannada	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhampta	700	Marathi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhil unspecified	1,100	Gujarati	1	900	20	20	20	-1 -	90
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	9,400	Hindi	0	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bidur	4,100	Marathi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	100
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Hindi	1	2,300	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chitara	100	Odia	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Dhangar Bharwad	4,500	Gujarati	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	20
Dhimar	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garpaguri	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Arakh	37,000	Gondi, Northern	0	33,000	100	30	20	-1 -	3,200
Gond Jhare	46,000	Gondi, Northern	0	42,000	100	40	30	-1 -	4,000
Gond Maria	174,000	Gondi, Northern	1	158,000	500	200	100	-1 -	15,000
Gond unspecified	354,000	Hindi	1	321,000	1,100	300	200	20	31,000
Gowari	22,000	Marathi	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900
Halba	11,000	Marathi	1	11,000	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamathi	6,800	Telugu	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapewar	10,000	Telugu	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	3,300	Telugu	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	20,000	Telugu	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	7,800	Hindi	1	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Kolha	12,000	Ho	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	14,000	Marathi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	5,900	Hindi	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	70,000	Gujarati	0	70,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Anjna	2,000	Gujarati	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Dhaneja	5,500	Marathi	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	6,000	Kannada	1	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Hindi	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madgi	12,000	Telugu	1	11,000	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	101,000	Marathi	1	19,000	-1 -	82,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	10,000	Marathi	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	26,000	Marathi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	50,000	Hindi	0	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mana	41,000	Marathi	0	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nanakshahi	60	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	6,300	Kurux	2	4,500	20	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	60
Pardhan	19,000	Pardhan	1	18,000	40	30	-1 -	-1 -	400
Pashtun, Pathan	1,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	8,300	Hindi	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Hindi	0	3,400	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	30
Rangrez (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Marathi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	15,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	8,200	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonjhara	400	Odia	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	46,000	Hindi	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanjara	1,700	Marathi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	8,800	Hindi	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 66	1,315,000		65 ●	1,151,000	21,000	84,000	2,900	90	55,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 216	1,340,000		204 ●	1,172,000	23,000	84,000	3,900	600	56,000

* 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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