Country: India
Province / State: West Bengal
District: South 24 Parganas

Major People Groups

202

Major Unreached People Groups

195

Total Population

9,464,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

60.1 %

Muslim

39.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Aguri 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Anglo 1,500 English Progress Gauge - - - 1,500 - -
 Ansari 27,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 27,000 - - - -
 Arab 80 Arabic, Mesopotamian Progress Gauge - 80 - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 187,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 187,000 - 100 100 30 -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 69,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 69,000 - - - - -
Bajikar (Muslim traditions) 100 Bengali Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 5,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - 60
 Bania Gandha Banik 11,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - 60
Bania Khatri 7,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bania Porwal 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - 50
 Bania Subarna Banik 8,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 8,800 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 57,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 57,000 - - - - 400
 Barua 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 60 - 60 - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 8,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,100 - - - - 1,500
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 22,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 22,000 - - - -
Besya (Muslim traditions) 700 Bengali Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Bhar 3,700 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
Bhaskar 40 Bengali Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 1,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Bhumij 23,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 21,000 200 - - - 1,600
 Biswas (Muslim traditions) 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge - 2,400 - - - -
 Brahmin Acharaj 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Acharya 2,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Barna 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhat 2,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Bhumihar 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 5,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maha 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maithili 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 112,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 112,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Rikhisur 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 190,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 189,000 - - - - 300
Brahmin Vaidik 14,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 19,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Chain 16,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - 80 200 - -
Chasadhobi 16,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
Chaudhari, caste 4,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
Chitrakar (Muslim traditions) 2,900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 2,900 - - - -
 Christian 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 30,000 - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Dalu 10,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 10,000 - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
Doai 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Odia Progress Gauge 1,700 - - 30 - -
Dulia 23,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions) 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge - 2,400 - - - -
Ghazi 800 Bengali Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Hadi 17,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 16,000 - 70 - - -
 Hajam 21,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 21,000 - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Halwai Maira 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 100 Chinese, Mandarin Progress Gauge - - 80 - - 40
Jaraj (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 5,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 23,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 23,000 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 1,100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,100 -
 Jat Atra 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 12,000 - - - -
Jat Chahil (Muslim traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
Jat Chima (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Jat Dehia (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Jat Dhariwal (Muslim traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
Jat Dhillon (Muslim traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Jat Ghatwal (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Jat Gil (Muslim traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Jat Kharral (Muslim traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
Jat Mann (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Jat Sidhu (Muslim traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Jat Sindhu (Muslim traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Jhalo Malo 3,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 135,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 135,000 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
Kahar (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,300 - - - -
Kahar Kamkar (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 18,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 18,000 - - 100 - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 58,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 58,000 - - 400 - -
 Kalu 67,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 67,000 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 8,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
 Kalwar (Muslim traditions) 800 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Muslim traditions) 500 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Kandra 20,000 Odia Progress Gauge 20,000 - - 200 - -
 Kandu 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Kaora 135,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 133,000 - 300 1,600 - -
 Kapali 48,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 48,000 - - - - -
Karenga 3,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,600 - - 60 - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 9,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 9,100 - - - - -
 Kawar 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - 40 20 -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 165,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 164,000 - - 1,700 - -
 Kayastha Karan 43,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 43,000 - - - - -
 Khandait 39,000 Odia Progress Gauge 39,000 - - - - -
Khatik (Muslim traditions) 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Kol 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
Konwar 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kori 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 72,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 71,000 - - 800 - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 52,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 51,000 - - 500 - -
 Kurmi Mahato 7,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,600 - - 80 - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Lohara 1,200 Sadri Progress Gauge 1,100 20 - - - 90
 Mahali 1,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 800 - - - - 100
 Mahishya 924,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 912,000 - - 13,000 - -
 Majhwar 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Mal (Muslim traditions) 3,600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,600 - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Muslim traditions) 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 12,000 - - - -
Mallah Chain (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions) 4,900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 4,900 - - - -
Mallah Kewat (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 2,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 2,100 - - - -
Mandala (Muslim traditions) 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Marma (Magh) 900 Rakhine Progress Gauge 100 - 800 - - -
 Matia 4,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
Mir 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 15,000 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 96,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 96,000 - - - - -
 Mochi (Muslim traditions) 2,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,700 - - - -
 Munda 37,000 Mundari Progress Gauge 36,000 200 20 60 - 1,300
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 101,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 101,000 - - - - -
Nai Nabasakh 5,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,600 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 149,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 148,000 - 20 1,600 30 -
 Namassej Chandel 62,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 61,000 - 100 600 20 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 24,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 24,000 - - - -
 Oraon 9,300 Kurux Progress Gauge 8,800 20 - 400 - 100
 Pan 1,100 Odia Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 5,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,900 - - - -
Pashtun Beteli 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 4,600 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
Pashtun Guria 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 4,600 - - - -
Pashtun Jilan 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 4,600 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 4,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,100 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 13,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 13,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 1,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
Pashtun Niazi 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 4,600 - - - -
Pashtun Sur 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 4,600 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 5,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,800 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 196,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 196,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Muslim traditions) 2,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,100 - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Peshakar 600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Pinjara 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Poundra 1,560,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,551,000 - 400 8,200 90 -
 Pundari 46,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 46,000 - - - - -
 Qazi 16,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 16,000 - - - -
 Rahmani (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 39,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 39,000 - 90 - - -
 Rajbansi 600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 142,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 139,000 - 300 2,700 - 20
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 62,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 62,000 - - - - 200
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 14,000 - - - -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Rajput Batsa 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Rajput Sandilya 2,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Raju 6,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
 Rajwar 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - 100 - -
Sankara 3,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 4,500 Santhali Progress Gauge 4,300 30 - 80 - 70
 Saora unspecified 1,200 Odia Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Sayyid 72,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 72,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 1,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 21,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 21,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 232,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 232,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 487,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 487,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 2,297,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,297,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 13,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 13,000 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
Sukli 1,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 11,000 - - 200 - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 5,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,500 - - 70 - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 6,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,800 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 32,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 32,000 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 12,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 12,000 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 93,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 93,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 98,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 97,000 - - 500 - -
 Tili 18,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Tiyar 47,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 47,000 - - 400 - -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) 2,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,100 - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 152,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 150,000 - - 1,300 - -
 Yadav Ghosi 5,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,900 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 6,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 112,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 110,000 - - 2,200 - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  202 9,418,000   195 5,646,000 3,694,000 2,400 69,000 1,300 5,900
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  439 9,464,000   395 5,686,000 3,697,000 2,600 71,000 2,900 6,400
* 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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