India, Karnataka state, Kolar district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Karnataka
District:	Kolar

Major People Groups

102

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,722,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.6 %

Hindu

79.2 %

Muslim

18.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.8 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Andhra	4,500	Telugu	1	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Andhra Christian	200	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida	129,000	Tamil	0	129,000	-1 -	50	300	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	17,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka	212,000	Kannada	1	212,000	-1 -	30	200	20	-1 -
Adi Karnataka Christian	6,500	Kannada	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,500	-1 -	-1 -
Aray Mala	50	Telugu	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	88,000	Kannada	0	87,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Balija Bogam	1,600	Telugu	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Bania Agarwal	2,600	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bania Chetti	4,600	Tamil	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Komti	3,100	Telugu	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	20,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,500
Banijiga	91,000	Kannada	1	91,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	112,000	Kannada	0	112,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Bile	4,600	Kannada	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Kakamundi	4,600	Telugu	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Kare	4,600	Kannada	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar Naik Makkalu	4,600	Kannada	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Kannada	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	5,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	7,800	Hindi	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	3,100	Telugu	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	3,200	Kannada	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	1,300	Marathi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	4,000	Telugu	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	46,000	Hindi	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Brahmin Vadama	600	Tamil	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Velanadu	1,300	Telugu	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Budega Jangam	2,600	Telugu	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chenna Dasar	5,100	Kannada	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,000	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	12,000	Kannada	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Dombara)	3,200	Telugu	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	6,800	Kannada	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godari	40	Telugu	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hakki Pikki	500	Vaagri Booli	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hande Jogi	1,900	Kannada	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jaggali	300	Telugu	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jambuvulu	900	Telugu	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Bengali	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikadi	2,400	Kannada	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Telugu	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	3,600	Telugu	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	2,300	Telugu	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	7,200	Telugu	0	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koracha, caste	6,800	Kannada	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	2,500	Marathi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	9,700	Hindi	0	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	9,200	Hindi	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	71,000	Kannada	1	71,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	11,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Telugu	1	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	12,000	Marathi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Malayali	1,400	Tamil	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	1,200	Tamil	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meda	500	Kannada	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mundala	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagartha	3,900	Kannada	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naikda	73,000	Kannada	0	73,000	100	-1 -	20	20	40
Nat (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pandaram	700	Malayalam	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Afridi	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Kakar	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	25,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	5,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Razu	1,400	Telugu	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	17,000	Kannada	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Hindu traditions)	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satani	2,700	Telugu	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	40,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	11,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	2,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	209,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	209,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Soligaru	500	Kannada	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Somvanshi	4,900	Marathi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	8,100	Tamil	0	-1 -	8,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thoti, caste	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	84,000	Telugu	0	84,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	48,000	Kannada	1	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	24,000	Tamil	1	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	3,500	Tamil	1	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Thigala	1,800	Tamil	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Mudaliar	1,200	Tamil	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	13,000	Tamil	1	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	20,000	Tamil	1	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Hindi	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	3,100	Telugu	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	1,400	Telugu	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 102	1,697,000		98 ●	1,347,000	311,000	80	25,000	40	14,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 227	1,722,000		209 ●	1,364,000	317,000	100	27,000	300	14,000

* 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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