India, Karnataka state, Chikkamagaluru district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Karnataka
District:	Chikkamagaluru

Major People Groups

100

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,213,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.2 %

Hindu

79.3 %

Muslim

9.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

9.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	17,000	Tamil	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	3,700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka	127,000	Kannada	1	127,000	-1 -	70	200	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka Christian	4,800	Kannada	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,800	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Kannada	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	2,100	Tamil	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Bania unspecified	11,000	Hindi	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,600
Banijiga	20,000	Kannada	1	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	37,000	Lambadi	1	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions)	4,600	Lambadi	1	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Kannada	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Bile	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Kakamundi	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Kare	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Naik Makkalu	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Kannada	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	3,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Deshastha	1,500	Marathi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	11,000	Kannada	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	2,100	Marathi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	1,400	Tamil	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	48,000	Hindi	0	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Budega Jangam	2,300	Telugu	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Byari (Beary)	3,300	Konkani	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chalvadi	3,000	Kannada	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,500	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	6,400	Hindi	0	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	26,000	Kannada	1	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	17,000	Kannada	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gowdulu	7,700	Kannada	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hakki Pikki	300	Vaagri Booli	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwakki Wakkal	3,400	Kannada	1	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hande Jogi	1,000	Kannada	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hasalaru	15,000	Tulu	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hasla	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Holaya	1,500	Kannada	0	1,500	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	3,100	Malayalam	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Bengali	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikadi	4,000	Kannada	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Telugu	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	22,000	Telugu	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalladi	1,600	Malayalam	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolupulvandlu	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konda Kapu	600	Telugu	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koracha, caste	3,400	Kannada	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korama Kunchi	5,600	Kannada	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korama unspecified	5,500	Kannada	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	1,000	Hindi	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunchatiga	1,500	Kannada	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	84,000	Kannada	1	82,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	107,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	107,000
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	5,700	Telugu	1	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	13,000	Marathi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Malabar Catholic	4,900	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,900	-1 -	-1 -
Malaikudi	600	Tulu	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayali	1,900	Tamil	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Masan Jogi	1,500	Kannada	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meda	1,700	Kannada	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Bengali	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moger unspecified	1,200	Kannada	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mundala	5,400	Kannada	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Tamil	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naikda	17,000	Kannada	0	16,000	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Nalakeyava	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nalkadaya	40	Tulu	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pale	300	Kannada	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pandaram	500	Malayalam	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	6,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Raneyar	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	11,000	Kannada	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Hindu traditions)	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satani	3,900	Telugu	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	15,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	7,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	2,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	69,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	69,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sillekyatha	1,400	Kannada	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Somvanshi	8,900	Marathi	0	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	9,900	Hindi	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Syrian Christian	6,900	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,900	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Hindi	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Telugu	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	137,000	Kannada	1	137,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	2,000	Tamil	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Mudaliar	600	Tamil	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	3,400	Tamil	1	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	25,000	Tamil	1	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 100	1,185,000		95 ●	942,000	107,000	100	24,000	10	112,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 233	1,213,000		217 ●	961,000	113,000	100	26,000	200	112,000

* 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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