India, Karnataka state, Bellary district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Karnataka
District:	Bellary

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,398,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

82.8 %

Muslim

15.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.8 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	6,000	Tamil	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka	60,000	Kannada	1	59,000	-1 -	70	70	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka Christian	2,700	Kannada	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	27,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Kannada	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija Bogam	900	Telugu	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija Dasari	4,300	Kannada	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	3,200	Tamil	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300
Bania Komti	1,300	Telugu	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	12,000	Hindi	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,200
Banijiga	1,800	Kannada	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	48,000	Lambadi	1	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions)	4,700	Lambadi	1	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bariki	100	Odia	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	109,000	Kannada	0	109,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Bile	7,100	Kannada	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Kakamundi	7,100	Telugu	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Kare	7,100	Kannada	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Myasa	16,000	Kannada	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Naik Makkalu	7,100	Kannada	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Kannada	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Kannada	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Sunkar	1,000	Kannada	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	7,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	110,000	Telugu	0	110,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	6,500	Kannada	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Budega Jangam	14,000	Telugu	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chalvadi	15,000	Kannada	0	15,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Charodi	100	Konkani, Goan	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chenna Dasar	4,200	Kannada	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Hindi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devadasi	700	Kannada	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	3,600	Kannada	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	8,800	Kannada	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gawli	800	Marathi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hakki Pikki	400	Vaagri Booli	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hande Jogi	1,200	Kannada	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jaggali	100	Telugu	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikadi	2,300	Kannada	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	7,800	Telugu	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	6,900	Telugu	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	1,600	Telugu	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	4,500	Telugu	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konda Kapu	500	Telugu	1	500	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koracha, caste	6,500	Kannada	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korama unspecified	4,600	Kannada	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Gujarati	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	65,000	Kannada	1	65,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Lingayat	41,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	19,000
Madiga (Christian traditions)	2,500	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,500	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	47,000	Telugu	1	47,000	-1 -	30	20	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Muslim traditions)	100	Telugu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	3,900	Marathi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Mala Dasari	400	Telugu	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	5,800	Telugu	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Masan Jogi	1,300	Kannada	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meda	1,300	Kannada	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Bengali	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	1,400	Telugu	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Hindi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naikda	226,000	Kannada	0	225,000	700	-1 -	80	40	500
Pashtun, Pathan	12,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	2,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Sali	22,000	Kannada	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Hindu traditions)	60	Kannada	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satani	1,500	Telugu	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	25,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	13,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	3,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	89,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	105,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sillekyatha	1,700	Kannada	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sindhollu	200	Telugu	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Somvanshi	1,400	Marathi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	6,000	Hindi	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Teli (Hindu traditions)	5,500	Hindi	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	34,000	Telugu	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	63,000	Kannada	1	63,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	8,500	Tamil	1	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	1,800	Tamil	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Panchal	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	19,000	Tamil	1	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	2,700	Telugu	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 92	1,369,000		90 ●	1,138,000	212,000	100	7,500	50	25,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 240	1,398,000		228 ●	1,158,000	218,000	200	10,000	600	25,000

* 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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