India, Nagaland state people groups

South Asia Peoples website

Country:	India
Province / State:	Nagaland
District:	All

Total People Groups

169

Unreached People Groups

106

Total Population

1,999,000

Buddhist

0.3 %

Christian

87.2 %

Hindu

9.4 %

Muslim

2.6 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.4 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ahnal	30	Anal	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Ahom	5,500	Assamese	1	5,300	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aka	20	Hruso	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Angami	144,000	Naga, Angami	3	500	400	700	143,000	20	400
Anglo	100	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Ao	231,000	Naga, Ao	3	600	700	500	228,000	30	300
Arleng	300	Karbi	2	70	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Sikh traditions)	40	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	19,000	Assamese	0	-1 -	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Bengali	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,100	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania Brittal	500	Assamese	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Saraogi	400	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania unspecified	6,900	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700
Bauri	1,800	Bengali	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	300	Kannada	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhandari	90	Odia	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Tibetan	100	Sikkimese	0	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Boro (India)	2	13,000	-1 -	100	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Barna	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	3,800	Bengali	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	18,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Buna (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	70	Burmese	1	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakhesang	158,000	Naga, Chokri	3	200	400	300	157,000	-1 -	200
Chakma	50	Chakma	1	20	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chang	65,000	Naga, Chang	3	200	200	300	65,000	-1 -	40
Chhetri	800	Nepali	1	800	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chiru	600	Chiru	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	11,000	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	300	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Galong	-1 Unknown	Adi, Galo	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganda	100	Odia	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangte	2,100	Gangte	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	2,400	Garo	3	500	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda	100	Odia	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	300	Hindi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Guria	100	Odia	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	300	Nepali	2	80	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	700	Bengali	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	30	Chinese, Mandarin	2	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Illemei	500	Naga, Mao	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	1,100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	100	Bengali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	13,000	Dimasa	2	9,200	60	-1 -	4,000	-1 -	-1 -
Kahha	54,000	Naga, Phom	3	100	200	70	53,000	-1 -	40
Kaibartta Jalia	800	Bengali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	6,300	Bengali	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	70	Bengali	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandra	80	Odia	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaora	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	70	Telugu	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	20	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	7,600	Hindi	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	200	Odia	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	700	Kharia	2	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	1,100	Khasi	3	80	-1 -	40	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	40	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -
Khiamniungan	63,000	Naga, Khiamniungan	3	100	200	100	62,000	-1 -	40
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konai	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konyak	242,000	Naga, Konyak	3	1,700	1,400	1,200	237,000	60	800
Kori	400	Hindi	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korku	90	Korku	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	400	Telugu	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koya unspecified	30	Telugu	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin	13,000	Chin, Thado	3	50	40	40	13,000	-1 -	100
Kuki Chin Chongthir	900	Chin, Thado	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin Khelma	500	Bengali	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin Kholhang	80	Chin, Thado	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin Lnykin	900	Chin, Thado	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin Singjit	900	Chin, Thado	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lotha	176,000	Naga, Lotha	3	400	500	300	175,000	-1 -	80
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	20	Telugu	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	2,600	Nepali	2	2,600	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	15,000	Bengali	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	40	Marathi	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Hindu traditions)	40	Telugu	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	200	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei unspecified	20,000	Meitei	1	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Miri	20	Mising	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo	200	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	400	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	700	Mundari	5	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	60	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naga	4,300	Nagamese	3	40	-1 -	-1 -	4,200	-1 -	-1 -
Naga Tangkhul	19,000	Naga, Tangkhul (India)	3	400	-1 -	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	200	Malayalam	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Bengali	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	1,100	Bengali	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nissi	40	Nyishi	3	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	700	Kurux	2	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paliya	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pan	100	Odia	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	20	Tamil	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	40	Urdu	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pnar	500	Khasi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Pochury	22,000	Naga, Pochuri	3	60	40	30	22,000	-1 -	100
Poi	300	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	7,600	Bengali	1	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	2,800	Assamese	2	2,400	-1 -	70	300	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	400	Nepali	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	200
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	1	11,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	800	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	500	Hindi	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	300	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -
Raju	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	200	Hindi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ralte	600	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Ranabhat	500	Assamese	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	200	Hindi	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rengma	64,000	Naga, Southern Rengma	3	100	200	300	63,000	-1 -	70
Rongmei	2,300	Naga, Inpui	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -
Sakachep	2,100	Sakachep	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	20
Saloi	400	Assamese	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sangtam	76,000	Naga, Sangtam	3	200	200	200	76,000	-1 -	20
Santal (Sawntal)	700	Santhali	2	600	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	60
Sarki	500	Nepali	1	400	-1 -	50	40	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	500	Urdu	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sema	241,000	Naga, Sumi	3	400	700	400	239,000	20	80
Shabar	40	Odia	2	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	26,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sirte	300	Naga, Monsang	3	300	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	800	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	900	Bengali	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	400	Nepali	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	400	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Bengali	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	70	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -
Thakuri	90	Nepali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	100	Tibetan, Central	1	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tikhir	7,700	Naga, Yimchungru	3	-1 -	20	40	7,600	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	400	Kok Borok	2	400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	100	Bengali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaiphei	90	Vaiphei	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	20	Tamil	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	50	Tamil	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswerna	3,700	Naga, Sumi	3	90	20	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	-1 -
Wancho	1,600	Naga, Wancho	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	7,800	Hindi	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	100	Nepali	2	50	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	40
Yimchungra	68,000	Naga, Yimchungru	3	200	200	200	68,000	-1 -	30
Zeliang	76,000	Naga, Zeme	3	500	200	300	73,000	-1 -	2,700
Totals: 169	1,999,000		106 ●	188,000	51,000	6,800	1,743,000	1,700	8,100

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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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