India, West Bengal state, Paschim Bardhaman district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	West Bengal
District:	Paschim Bardhaman

Major People Groups

159

Major Unreached People Groups

153

Total Population

5,934,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

72.6 %

Muslim

26.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.5 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Aguri	223,000	Bengali	1	223,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	20,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	239,000	Bengali	0	239,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	80	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Bengali	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	71,000	Bengali	0	71,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	1,000	Marathi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bajikar (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania Agrahari	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Bais	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gandha Banik	17,000	Bengali	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasarwani	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasaundhan	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	13,000	Bengali	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahajan	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahesri	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Oswal	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania Porwal	2,200	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania Subarna Banik	5,100	Bengali	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	109,000	Hindi	0	109,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Baul	1,700	Bengali	0	500	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	214,000	Bengali	1	214,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	60	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	3,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	1,500	Bhojpuri	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhaskar	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	1,500	Bengali	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	3,700	Hindi	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	15,000	Hindi	1	15,000	-1 -	40	100	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	8,000	Bengali	1	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	1,700	Bhojpuri	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Birhor	300	Birhor	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Acharya	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Barna	4,900	Bengali	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhat	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	6,900	Hindi	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	23,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	133,000	Bengali	0	133,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	258,000	Hindi	0	258,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Brahmin Utkal	26,000	Bengali	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vaidik	20,000	Bengali	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	23,000	Bengali	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	9,700	Bengali	0	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	164,000	Hindi	1	163,000	-1 -	40	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Chaudhari, caste	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,300	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	58,000	Odia	1	58,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	20	-1 -
Dom Murdafarash	7,700	Odia	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	66,000	Bengali	0	66,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	47,000	Bengali	1	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	20	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	37,000	Hindi	0	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai Maira	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	12,000	Bengali	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Bengali	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	6,600	Hindi	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	19,000	Bengali	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	27,000	Bengali	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	7,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	3,200	Bengali	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Marathi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	129,000	Hindi	0	129,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	22,000	Bengali	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	9,400	Bengali	1	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Hindi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konai	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konwar	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	24,000	Hindi	1	23,000	50	-1 -	30	-1 -	300
Kotal	14,000	Bengali	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	52,000	Hindi	0	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi Mahato	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahali	3,800	Bengali	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Mahishya	78,000	Bengali	1	78,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	2,200	Hindi	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	8,800	Hindi	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	4,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	2,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Kewat (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	12,000	Gujarati	0	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	2,900	Mal Paharia	2	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Marma (Magh)	700	Rakhine	1	600	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	35,000	Bengali	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mir	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirzakhani	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	198,000	Bengali	1	198,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	4,400	Mundari	5	4,200	20	-1 -	200	-1 -	20
Nai (Hindu traditions)	51,000	Hindi	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	217,000	Bengali	1	217,000	-1 -	60	200	40	-1 -
Namassej (Muslim traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	62,000	Bengali	1	62,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	5,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	5,400	Kurux	2	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	20
Pashtun Afridi	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Beteli	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Guria	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Jilan	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Niazi	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Sur	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	27,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	20	-1 -
Pasi Kaithwan	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi Rajpasi	1,200	Hindi	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	13,000	Bengali	1	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	6,600	Bengali	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	5,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Bengali	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Hindi	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Batsa	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sandilya	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raju	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	6,200	Hindi	1	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Hindi	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	2,800	Bengali	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	239,000	Santhali	2	210,000	800	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	26,000
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	25,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid Husaini	1,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	33,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	138,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	138,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	191,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	191,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	1,057,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,057,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	14,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Siyalgir (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	48,000	Bengali	1	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	24,000	Bengali	1	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	9,000	Bengali	0	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	27,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	61,000	Bengali	0	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	133,000	Hindi	0	133,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	48,000	Bengali	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Hindi	1	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	319,000	Hindi	0	319,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	5,800	Hindi	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	6,100	Hindi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	243,000	Bengali	0	243,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 159	5,885,000		153 ●	4,264,000	1,588,000	200	8,400	300	27,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 439	5,934,000		406 ●	4,307,000	1,593,000	400	8,600	1,800	27,000

* 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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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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