India, Karnataka state, Uttara Kannada district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Karnataka
District:	Uttara Kannada

Major People Groups

120

Major Unreached People Groups

116

Total Population

1,705,000

Buddhist

0.8 %

Christian

2.6 %

Hindu

83.3 %

Muslim

12.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.9 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ager (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Kannada	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai Konkani	1,100	Marathi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bakad	800	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bandi (Hindu traditions)	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	1,300	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania unspecified	17,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	8,100	Lambadi	1	8,000	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Lambadi	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bant	1,300	Konkani	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Kannada	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Kannada	0	4,300	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Mith Gauda	700	Konkani, Goan	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Narmada Uppara	700	Kannada	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhottada	1,400	Kuvi	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	8,300	Telugu	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Anavada	400	Gujarati	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Chitpavan	20,000	Marathi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Deshastha	2,000	Marathi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	33,000	Marathi	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	6,100	Hindi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Havik	7,300	Kannada	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	5,900	Hindi	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	7,900	Kannada	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	4,600	Marathi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Marathi	5,100	Marathi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	7,100	Hindi	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	164,000	Hindi	0	163,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,500
Byari (Beary)	5,700	Konkani	0	-1 -	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chalvadi	13,000	Kannada	0	12,000	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	1	12,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Charodi	600	Konkani, Goan	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devadiga (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Tulu	0	24,000	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devadiga Kalavant	5,200	Konkani	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhangar Bharwad	2,700	Gujarati	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Parit	5,700	Marathi	0	5,300	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	31,000	Kannada	0	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gawli	900	Marathi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghadi	3,600	Konkani, Goan	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Giddikki	56,000	Konkani	0	56,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	36,000	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	36,000	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	9,200	Hindi	1	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gondaru	83,000	Kannada	0	82,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gudigar	600	Konkani	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halleer	3,100	Konkani, Goan	0	3,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halsar	7,400	Kannada	0	7,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwakki Wakkal	71,000	Kannada	1	69,000	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hanabar	2,700	Tulu	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Harkantra	17,000	Konkani, Goan	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hasla	30	Kannada	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Holaya	1,700	Kannada	0	300	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Bengali	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadia (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Kannada	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikadi	2,200	Kannada	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	124,000	Telugu	0	124,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	114,000	Telugu	0	114,000	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Gujarati	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kokna	3,800	Kukna	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Mahadev	1,700	Marathi	0	1,600	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Komarpaik	22,000	Konkani	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korama unspecified	2,500	Kannada	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	2,200	Telugu	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kotegar	900	Kannada	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	3,000	Tamil	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Gujarati	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Konkani	1,800	Konkani, Goan	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	3,000	Kannada	1	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	12,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	12,000
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Telugu	1	1,600	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	1,400	Marathi	1	800	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Gomatang	7,300	Marathi	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Konkani	12,000	Marathi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Mahratta Kunbi	4,000	Gujarati	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	113,000	Marathi	0	113,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Mala (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Telugu	1	1,500	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malava	1,900	Tulu	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	5,700	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Masthi	40	Telugu	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moger Moyon	2,900	Kannada	0	2,800	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moger unspecified	16,000	Kannada	0	16,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukri	10,000	Kannada	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	2,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	7,400	Tamil	0	7,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naikda	11,000	Kannada	0	11,000	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	56,000	Malayalam	1	56,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	7,200	Konkani	0	-1 -	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Padiar	1,000	Konkani, Goan	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Afridi	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	17,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patvekari (Muslim traditions)	40	Urdu	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	1,600	Kannada	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Hindu traditions)	60	Kannada	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	12,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	15,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	3,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	127,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	127,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Siddi (Hindu traditions)	7,400	Kannada	2	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -
Siddi (Muslim traditions)	3,300	Gujarati	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sillekyatha	400	Kannada	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	100
Sudra	4,500	Marathi	1	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Muslim traditions)	9,400	Konkani, Goan	0	-1 -	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	1,100	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Hindi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	1,000	Tibetan, Central	1	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Telugu	0	18,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	1,500	Malayalam	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	62,000	Tamil	1	62,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 120	1,673,000		116 ●	1,396,000	207,000	13,000	43,000	0	15,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 295	1,705,000		279 ●	1,421,000	211,000	14,000	45,000	300	16,000

* 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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