India, West Bengal state, Birbhum district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	West Bengal
District:	Birbhum

Major People Groups

136

Major Unreached People Groups

131

Total Population

4,261,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

58.8 %

Muslim

40.7 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Aguri	9,100	Bengali	1	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	21,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	272,000	Bengali	0	272,000	-1 -	40	50	40	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	4,600	Bengali	1	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	48,000	Bengali	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	700	Marathi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	4,300	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bania Bais	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gandha Banik	20,000	Bengali	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Subarna Banik	6,300	Bengali	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	49,000	Hindi	0	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900
Baul	1,900	Bengali	0	1,500	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	95,000	Bengali	1	95,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	30	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Bengali Muslim Moghal	4,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhalla	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhaskar	20	Bengali	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	11,000	Bengali	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	1,200	Hindi	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	3,600	Hindi	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Birhor	300	Birhor	2	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Acharya	7,000	Bengali	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Barna	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhat	2,300	Bengali	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	4,500	Hindi	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Maithili	800	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	13,000	Bengali	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	99,000	Hindi	0	98,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Brahmin Utkal	14,000	Bengali	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vaidik	12,000	Bengali	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	14,000	Bengali	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Bengali	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	162,000	Hindi	1	161,000	-1 -	20	500	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,800	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	2,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhangri	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Doai	2,300	Bengali	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	93,000	Odia	1	93,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom Murdafarash	12,000	Odia	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	45,000	Bengali	1	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai Maira	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hazra (Hindu traditions)	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	37,000	Bengali	0	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	4,900	Bengali	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	8,800	Bengali	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	6,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	5,600	Bengali	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Marathi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	37,000	Hindi	0	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	6,100	Bengali	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	1,400	Bengali	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khetauri	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konai	55,000	Bengali	0	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konwar	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	15,000	Hindi	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Kotal	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Hindi	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunui	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Let	2,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,300
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahali	2,500	Bengali	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	5,700	Marathi	1	5,600	-1 -	60	-1 -	20	-1 -
Mahishya	17,000	Bengali	1	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	129,000	Hindi	0	129,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	6,300	Hindi	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	2,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Kewat (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	2,700	Mal Paharia	2	2,600	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	5,700	Bengali	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mir	2,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	64,000	Bengali	1	64,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Bengali	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	9,800	Bengali	1	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	2,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	4,900	Kurux	2	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	40
Pashtun Afridi	6,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Beteli	5,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Ghilzai	600	Urdu	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Guria	5,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Jilan	5,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Kakar	4,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Khalil	200	Hindi	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Khan	4,900	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak)	2,200	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Mohmand	2,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Niazi	5,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Sur	5,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	7,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	109,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	109,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	26,000	Bengali	1	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	6,700	Bengali	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	5,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Hindi	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Bengali	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Rajput Batsa	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sandilya	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raju	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Hindi	1	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	2,600	Bengali	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	210,000	Santhali	2	196,000	400	-1 -	7,800	30	5,600
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	44,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid Husaini	1,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	13,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	123,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	123,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	243,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	243,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	1,080,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,080,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	12,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	37,000	Bengali	1	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	18,000	Bengali	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Bengali	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	9,500	Hindi	0	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	39,000	Bengali	0	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	73,000	Hindi	0	73,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	13,000	Bengali	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	1,100	Bengali	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	193,000	Hindi	0	193,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	136,000	Bengali	0	136,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 136	4,233,000		131 ●	2,482,000	1,731,000	200	11,000	200	9,500
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 277	4,261,000		259 ●	2,505,000	1,734,000	300	11,000	600	9,900

* 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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