India, Goa state, Goa, North district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Goa
District:	Goa, North

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

970,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

14.0 %

Hindu

79.0 %

Muslim

6.6 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ager (Hindu traditions)	900	Kannada	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agri	3,700	Marathi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ajila	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bakad	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bandi (Hindu traditions)	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bania Chetti	4,200	Tamil	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gujar	1,500	Gujarati	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Komti	1,400	Telugu	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahur	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	29,000	Hindi	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Lambadi	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Mith Gauda	40	Konkani, Goan	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bellara	60	Kannada	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	3,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhansala	15,000	Marathi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhavit	1,700	Konkani, Goan	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	1,400	Telugu	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Chitpavan	6,600	Marathi	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Deshastha	1,300	Marathi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Devarukha	2,200	Marathi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	8,700	Marathi	0	8,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Karhada	6,100	Marathi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	1,200	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Marathi	5,900	Marathi	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	52,000	Hindi	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	200
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Hindi	1	4,500	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devadiga (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Tulu	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Parit	3,400	Marathi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gamit	1,500	Gamit	2	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	3,600	Kannada	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda	6,600	Odia	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda, tribe	53,000	Konkani	2	51,000	100	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	40
Ghadi	700	Konkani, Goan	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Giddikki	7,900	Konkani	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	119,000	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	119,000	-1 -	-1 -
Gondaru	9,000	Kannada	0	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halleer	500	Konkani, Goan	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halsar	900	Kannada	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwakki Wakkal	7,100	Kannada	1	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hasla	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kathodi	5,400	Marathi	1	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	8,400	Gujarati	1	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Mahadev	2,600	Marathi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Komarpaik	2,100	Konkani	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koracha, tribal	500	Tulu	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kotegar	1,800	Kannada	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	108,000	Gujarati	0	108,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Konkani	48,000	Konkani, Goan	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi, tribe	200	Konkani	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	1,200	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	10,000	Marathi	1	9,000	-1 -	700	400	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Christian traditions)	2,100	Marathi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Gomatang	12,000	Marathi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Konkani	3,100	Marathi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kshatriya	12,000	Marathi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kunbi	6,600	Gujarati	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Shinde	5,700	Marathi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	103,000	Marathi	0	103,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malava	400	Tulu	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moger unspecified	3,600	Kannada	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukri	2,400	Kannada	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	8,800	Hindi	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai Mhalo Nhavi	800	Konkani, Goan	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	18,000	Malayalam	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Padiar	200	Konkani, Goan	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	4,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	1,600	Kannada	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	4,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	4,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	38,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Hindi	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Muslim traditions)	2,800	Konkani, Goan	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thovoi	9,000	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,000	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Telugu	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velip	600	Konkani, Goan	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 94	938,000		88 ●	742,000	60,000	700	133,000	0	1,800
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 291	970,000		268 ●	766,000	64,000	700	136,000	600	2,100

* 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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