India, West Bengal state, Jhargram district people groups

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

Major People Groups

110

Major Unreached People Groups

105

Total Population

1,282,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

93.5 %

Muslim

2.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

3.5 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	59,000	Bengali	0	59,000	-1 -	20	60	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Bengali	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiga	2,100	Hindi	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	40,000	Bengali	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	3,400	Hindi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania Bais	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gandha Banik	2,300	Bengali	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Subarna Banik	2,900	Bengali	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Lambadi	1	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	8,900	Bengali	1	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhaskar	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhogta	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	1,200	Hindi	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	4,800	Hindi	1	4,800	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	16,000	Bengali	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	200
Brahmin Acharya	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Barna	800	Bengali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhat	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	23,000	Bengali	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	54,000	Hindi	0	54,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Brahmin Utkal	3,500	Bengali	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vaidik	3,300	Bengali	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	3,700	Bengali	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	6,600	Hindi	1	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	6,700	Odia	1	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom Murdafarash	1,100	Odia	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	7,500	Bengali	0	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	10,000	Bengali	1	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hazra (Hindu traditions)	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	2,400	Ho	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Bengali	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadar	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	8,700	Bengali	0	8,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	12,000	Bengali	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandra	3,600	Odia	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karenga	1,600	Bengali	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Marathi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	45,000	Hindi	0	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	6,100	Bengali	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khadala	2,300	Odia	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	2,300	Bengali	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	4,900	Odia	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	2,800	Kharia	2	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	4,800	Hindi	1	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	100
Kotal	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar Magahia	2,400	Odia	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	70,000	Hindi	0	70,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi Mahato	6,500	Bengali	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	8,500	Bengali	2	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahali	2,100	Bengali	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	200
Mahanta	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	2,700	Marathi	1	2,700	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	77,000	Bengali	1	76,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Hindi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Gujarati	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Bengali	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	11,000	Mundari	5	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	300
Nai (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Hindi	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Bengali	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	8,200	Bengali	1	8,100	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Pan	4,400	Odia	1	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panika	1,300	Chhattisgarhi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	2,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	2,200	Bengali	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	9,500	Hindi	0	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Bengali	1	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Batsa	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Sandilya	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raju	41,000	Bengali	0	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	3,100	Hindi	1	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	1,200	Hindi	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sahi	50	Marathi	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	88,000	Santhali	2	42,000	50	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	43,000
Saora unspecified	2,900	Odia	2	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Sayyid	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	2,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	19,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Siyalgir (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	6,800	Hindi	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sukli	2,700	Bengali	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Bengali	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	1,800	Bengali	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	8,300	Bengali	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	7,700	Hindi	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	64,000	Bengali	0	64,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Muslim traditions)	80	Bengali	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	40,000	Hindi	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	19,000	Bengali	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	1,500	Bengali	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	95,000	Hindi	0	95,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	75,000	Bengali	0	75,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 110	1,253,000		105 ●	1,174,000	30,000	100	4,500	30	45,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 363	1,282,000		336 ●	1,198,000	33,000	200	5,200	200	45,000

* 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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