Country: India
Province / State: Madhya Pradesh
District: Bhopal

Major People Groups

171

Major Unreached People Groups

168

Total Population

2,600,000

Buddhist

0.8 %

Christian

0.5 %

Hindu

75.3 %

Muslim

21.5 %

Sikh

0.4 %

Other Religions

1.4 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Anglo 1,500 English Progress Gauge - - - 1,500 - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Bagdi 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 4,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
 Balai (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - 600 20 -
 Bania Agarwal 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - 3,800
Bania Gujar 1,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - 600
 Bania Kasaundhan 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 6,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,600 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 8,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - 1,300
 Bania Porwal 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - 900
 Bania Srimali 1,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - 800
Bania Ummad 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - 700
 Bania unspecified 117,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 94,000 - - - - 23,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Lambadi Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
Barahar 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Basor 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Beldar (Muslim traditions) 3,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 3,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,700 - - - -
Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
Bhanumati 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Bharewa 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 13,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 13,000 100 20 200 - 20
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Bohra 1,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
Brahmin Anavada 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhagor 8,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Jijhotia 6,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 8,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 6,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit 4,900 Kashmiri Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maithili 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Srigaud 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 114,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 113,000 - - - - 800
 Chadar 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 126,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 122,000 - 1,300 2,400 - -
 Chepang 20 Nepali Progress Gauge - - 20 - - -
 Chhipa (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - 100
Chidar 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Dangi 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - 200
 Deshwali (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Dhakad 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Dhanuk 6,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,600 - - - - -
 Dhimar 24,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
Dholi (Muslim traditions) 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
Dohor 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - 100 - - -
 Faqir 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,300 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Gadaria Dhingar 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Ghosi (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Gond Muria 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - 30 - -
 Gond unspecified 32,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 31,000 200 20 700 - 90
 Gosain Dasnami 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 9,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,500 - - - - -
 Halba 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - 40
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 7,300 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 7,300 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 6,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
 Kachhi (Hindu traditions) 63,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 63,000 - - - - -
Kachhi (Muslim traditions) 50 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50 - - - -
 Kachhi Kachhwaha 9,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,800 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Kalota 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Kandera 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Katia 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Sribastab 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Khangar (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Kharadi 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Khati (Hindu traditions) 67,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 67,000 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Kir (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Kirar 70,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 70,000 - - - - -
 Kol 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 - 100 - - -
 Koli Mahadev 1,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Korku 1,400 Korku Progress Gauge 1,300 20 - 40 - -
Kotwal 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
Kuchbandia 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - 20 - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 28,000 - 500 - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 5,600 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 49,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 49,000 - - - - -
 Labana (Hindu traditions) 9,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,900 - - - - -
 Lakhera 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Lodha (Hindu traditions) 68,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 68,000 - - - - -
 Lodha Jariya 9,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,200 - - - - -
 Lohana 1,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 59,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 40,000 - 19,000 - 30 -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 1,100 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 1,100 - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 2,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 16,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Majhi 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 20 - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Mang Garudi 2,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,200 - 80 - - -
 Meena 28,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - -
 Mewati (Muslim traditions) 5,700 Hindi Progress Gauge - 5,700 - - - -
 Moghia 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 32,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 32,000 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Oraon 3,900 Kurux Progress Gauge 900 30 - 3,000 - -
 Pashtun Afridi 3,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,700 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 2,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,600 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 1,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 3,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,700 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 58,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 58,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Persian 80 Dari Progress Gauge - 80 - - - -
 Pindara 4,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,800 - - - -
 Pinjara 41,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 41,000 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - 100 - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 198,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 196,000 - - - - 1,400
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,500 - - - -
 Rajput Agnivansi 6,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Baghel (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Jadon 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Rajput Paik 9,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Parmar 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - 30 40 - -
 Rawat 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Sahariya 5,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Sayyid 48,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 48,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 14,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 14,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 4,300 Bengali Progress Gauge - 4,300 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 335,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 335,000 - - - -
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Silawat (Hindu traditions) 9,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,600 - 20 - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - 20
Soria 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 4,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 46,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 46,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Valmiki (Buddhist traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge - - 400 - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) 11,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 11,000 - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 1,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  171 2,522,000   168 1,898,000 550,000 22,000 9,600 7,300 34,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  480 2,600,000   452 1,957,000 560,000 22,000 12,000 11,000 37,000
* 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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