India, Bihar state, Kishanganj district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Bihar
District:	Kishanganj

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,859,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

30.6 %

Muslim

69.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Abdul	500	Urdu	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Amat	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	9,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	5,500	Hindi	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bajikar (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,400	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Bania Bais	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	22,000	Hindi	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100
Beg	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Kannada	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhakat	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	2,900	Bhojpuri	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	3,200	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Buna (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Bengali	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	1	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Chaupal	11,000	Hindi	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimal	200	Maithili	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Dom (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Odia	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	200	Nepali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	6,600	Hindi	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	34,000	Bengali	1	34,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Bengali	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kabadi	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	18,000	Bengali	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	800	Koch	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	7,400	Hindi	0	7,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Hindi	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurariar	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Hindi	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar Kamti	200	Maithili	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	1,600	Hindi	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Markande	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mir	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirzakhani	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	1,700	Mundari	5	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Hindi	1	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagar	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Hindi	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Bengali	1	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	4,100	Bengali	1	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	3,800	Kurux	2	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	5,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	5,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	4,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	46,000	Bengali	1	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	1,500	Hindi	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	6,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sahisia	900	Urdu	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	46,000	Santhali	2	43,000	200	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	60
Sayyid	18,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	8,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	94,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	94,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	37,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	1,077,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,077,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	5,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Bengali	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	9,100	Hindi	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	5,700	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	4,700	Bengali	1	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Christian traditions)	1,500	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	50,000	Hindi	0	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	9,900	Hindi	0	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 95	1,827,000		91 ●	545,000	1,275,000	80	5,600	10	1,700
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 232	1,859,000		219 ●	568,000	1,283,000	100	5,800	400	1,700

* 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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