Country: India
Province / State: Bihar
District: Purba Champaran

Major People Groups

158

Major Unreached People Groups

158

Total Population

5,607,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

81.0 %

Muslim

18.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Abdul 1,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,900 - - - -
 Aghori 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Ansari 166,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 166,000 - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 32,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 32,000 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bania Rauniar 3,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Bania Sinduria 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - 200
Bardai 3,700 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) 5,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 2,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
 Bhand (Muslim traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Bhar 22,000 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Bind 74,000 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 74,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Bhumihar 139,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 139,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Jijhotia 7,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Jyoti 1,200 Odia Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 174,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 174,000 - - - - 200
 Brahmin Varendra 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Chain 2,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 258,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 254,000 - 500 4,100 - -
Chik (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 9,900 Hindi Progress Gauge - 9,900 - - - -
Darzi Sribastab (Muslim traditions) 800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Dhanuk 34,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 34,000 - - - - -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
Dhobi Batham 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Dhobi Kanaujia 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Dhobi Kathiya 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Dhobi Parit 1,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Odia Progress Gauge 13,000 - 20 - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 209,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 209,000 - 50 - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Gaddi (Muslim traditions) 9,100 Hindi Progress Gauge - 9,100 - - - -
 Gond unspecified 9,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,200 40 - - - -
 Gonrhi 86,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 86,000 - - - - -
 Hadi 6,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,100 - 30 - - -
 Hajam 49,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 49,000 - - - -
 Halalkhor (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 9,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,700 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Kalu 9,100 Bengali Progress Gauge - 9,100 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 90,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 90,000 - - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Kalwar Jaiswal 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Kandu 187,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 187,000 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 70,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 70,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Khulant 1,100 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 323,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 323,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar Bardiha 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Kumhar Kanaujia 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 57,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 57,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 266,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 266,000 - - - - -
 Laheri (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 2,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,300 - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 84,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 84,000 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 142,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 142,000 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 168,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 168,000 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 183,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 183,000 - - - - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Manihar 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 10,000 - - - -
Mukeri 2,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,700 - - - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 73,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 73,000 - 60 - - -
Nagar 2,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
Nalband 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 3,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,900 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - 40 - - -
Pasi Gujar 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Pawaria (Muslim traditions) 1,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,500 - - - -
 Pinjara 50,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50,000 - - - -
 Qassab 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,300 - - - -
 Qazi 51,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 51,000 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 57,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 57,000 - 30 - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 194,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 194,000 - - - - 100
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 6,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhadauria 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Dikhit 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Jadon 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 7,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 6,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - 20 200 - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 15,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 15,000 - - - -
Sangtarash (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Sayyid 20,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 20,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 3,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,700 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 41,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 41,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 24,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 24,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 567,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 567,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 2,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,200 - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 39,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 39,000 - - - - -
Sonar Barhaiya 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Sonar Jathera 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Sonar Kammakala 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Sonar Magahiya 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 4,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,700 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 86,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 86,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 171,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 171,000 - - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Thakuria 5,200 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge - 5,200 - - - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Turaiha 72,000 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 72,000 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 520,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 520,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gaoli 163,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 163,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 5,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  158 5,576,000   158 4,514,000 1,057,000 800 4,300 30 500
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  277 5,607,000   268 4,540,000 1,061,000 900 5,000 700 500
* 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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