India, Maharashtra state, Palghar district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Maharashtra
District:	Palghar

Major People Groups

158

Major Unreached People Groups

150

Total Population

3,273,000

Buddhist

1.4 %

Christian

3.6 %

Hindu

87.2 %

Muslim

5.8 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

1.9 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agri	31,000	Marathi	0	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	15,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai Kharadi	1,000	Gujarati	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	200	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	8,300	Marathi	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bajgar	40	Hindi	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bakad	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	6,300	Hindi	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,800
Bania Bhatia	2,100	Gujarati	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	4,200	Tamil	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Bania Gujar	1,800	Gujarati	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Jaiswal	1,000	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Bania Komti	2,900	Telugu	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania Lad	2,000	Gujarati	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania Mahur	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Nima	1,900	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200
Bania Oswal	6,800	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,600
Bania Porwal	2,700	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100
Bania Saitwal	1,500	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania Srimali	3,600	Gujarati	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200
Bania Ummad	2,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100
Bania unspecified	168,000	Hindi	0	143,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	26,000
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Lambadi	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barda	50	Marathi	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barutgar	40	Urdu	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	9,200	Kannada	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Kannada	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhampta	900	Marathi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhil unspecified	4,400	Gujarati	1	4,100	300	60	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bhil Vasave	1,900	Vasavi	1	1,700	100	30	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahma Kshatriya	300	Gujarati	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Anavada	500	Gujarati	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Chitpavan	15,000	Marathi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Deshastha	9,200	Marathi	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Devarukha	3,500	Marathi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	5,600	Marathi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gujarati	3,700	Gujarati	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	8,400	Hindi	0	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Karhada	1,900	Marathi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	3,500	Marathi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	9,800	Hindi	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	170,000	Hindi	0	168,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,500
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	38,000	Hindi	1	37,000	-1 -	400	600	-1 -	-1 -
Charan (Hindu traditions)	7,100	Gujarati	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhipa (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Chitrakar (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Marathi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	7,200	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	7,200	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	9,600	Hindi	0	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Gujarati	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhodia	4,000	Gujarati	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Dhor	2,700	Marathi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Dubla unspecified	5,100	Dubli	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandharb (Muslim traditions)	90	Gujarati	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	32,000	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	32,000	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	4,700	Hindi	1	4,500	100	30	20	-1 -	30
Gosain unspecified	8,000	Hindi	0	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gujar (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halba	1,900	Marathi	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Idayan	900	Tamil	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	2,100	Malayalam	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	9,200	Hindi	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	2,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,000	-1 -
Jewish, South Asian	300	Marathi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamalia	3,700	Gujarati	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamathi	2,600	Telugu	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	1,400	Telugu	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Marathi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar Otari	500	Telugu	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kathodi	48,000	Marathi	1	47,000	90	30	-1 -	-1 -	200
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Gujarati	1	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khoja	1,700	Gujarati	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kokna	33,000	Kukna	1	31,000	1,100	30	100	-1 -	60
Kolhati	300	Marathi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Dhor	6,300	Marathi	1	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Koli Mahadev	37,000	Marathi	0	37,000	100	100	100	-1 -	50
Koli Malhar	88,000	Marathi	0	88,000	100	200	20	-1 -	200
Koli Son	200	Marathi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Hindi	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	323,000	Gujarati	0	323,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Kunbi Anjna	1,900	Gujarati	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Kadwa	8,800	Gujarati	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Lewa	16,000	Gujarati	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	15,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	15,000
Lohana	1,200	Gujarati	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Machhi (Hindu traditions)	48,000	Gujarati	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Machhi Mitna	2,900	Gujarati	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Telugu	1	1,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	89,000	Marathi	1	43,000	-1 -	46,000	300	60	-1 -
Mahar (Christian traditions)	28,000	Marathi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Jadhav	33,000	Marathi	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Konkani	46,000	Marathi	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kunbi	216,000	Gujarati	0	216,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Shinde	3,500	Marathi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	535,000	Marathi	0	533,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,900
Mahyavanshi	1,700	Gujarati	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Majothi	20	Kacchi	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	15,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Hindi	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	2,100	Gujarati	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	6,800	Telugu	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maru Kumhar	80	Gujarati	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Christian traditions)	7,600	Marathi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	7,600	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Marathi	1	17,000	-1 -	100	200	-1 -	-1 -
Megh (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Memon	1,700	Gujarati	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moger unspecified	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	2,000	Malayalam	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	2,400	Kurux	2	2,300	-1 -	30	50	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhi	1,700	Pardhi	0	1,700	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patharwat	700	Marathi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patvekari (Muslim traditions)	20	Urdu	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Phudgi	2,500	Marathi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Prabhu Kayastha	22,000	Marathi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	1,000	Punjabi, Eastern	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -
Sali	3,700	Kannada	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	18,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	12,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	3,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	119,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	119,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sindhollu	70	Telugu	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Somvanshi	73,000	Marathi	0	73,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	40,000	Hindi	0	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Bengali	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	25,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	25,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	7,500	Hindi	0	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Muslim traditions)	3,800	Hindi	0	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakkar	66,000	Marathi	0	66,000	200	20	20	20	70
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Telugu	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	2,300	Kannada	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	7,700	Hindi	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Mehtar	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanjara	29,000	Marathi	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	2,000	Tamil	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Varli	270,000	Varli	1	268,000	300	50	500	40	900
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions)	90	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	1,100	Tamil	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	6,200	Hindi	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	1,600	Telugu	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 158	3,217,000		150 ●	2,808,000	184,000	47,000	117,000	2,500	60,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 463	3,273,000		432 ●	2,855,000	189,000	47,000	118,000	4,000	61,000

* 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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