India, Chhattisgarh state, Raipur district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Chhattisgarh
District:	Raipur

Major People Groups

122

Major Unreached People Groups

118

Total Population

2,455,000

Buddhist

0.3 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

93.6 %

Muslim

3.8 %

Sikh

0.6 %

Other Religions

0.9 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	2,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Audhelia	200	Chhattisgarhi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bahelia (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Bengali	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Kannada	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	4,000	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,900
Bania unspecified	35,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	14,000
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Lambadi	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Kannada	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhandari	2,000	Odia	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Hindi	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	95,000	Hindi	0	95,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Ghogra	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Kharbind	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Kharot	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Mallah Mewat	8,900	Hindi	0	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi Nikhad	800	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhulia	8,200	Odia	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhunjia	5,000	Bhunjia	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Binjhia	7,600	Hindi	1	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Bohra	1,100	Gujarati	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	3,800	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ojha	700	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	52,000	Hindi	0	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	104,000	Hindi	1	101,000	-1 -	300	2,400	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Sikh traditions)	2,200	Punjabi, Eastern	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,200	-1 -
Chauhan	1,900	Chhattisgarhi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,300	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -
Daharia	500	Chhattisgarhi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Dewar	2,300	Odia	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanwar	800	Chhattisgarhi	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimar	40,000	Hindi	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi Kanaujia	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria Dhingar	3,200	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganda	50,000	Odia	1	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	20	-1 -
Gauda	3,700	Odia	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	6,200	Hindi	1	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Gond Kandra	1,800	Chhattisgarhi	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Gond Nagawasi	1,600	Hindi	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Gond Rajgond	15,000	Gondi, Northern	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	100
Gond Singhrolia	1,800	Chhattisgarhi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Gond unspecified	238,000	Hindi	1	235,000	400	30	600	30	2,400
Gosain Dasnami	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain unspecified	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halba	4,300	Marathi	1	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Jat (Sikh traditions)	9,300	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,300	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	38,000	Hindi	0	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	6,500	Hindi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamar	8,800	Kamar	0	8,700	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kamboh (Sikh traditions)	1,100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -
Kammara	7,900	Telugu	1	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandra	2,200	Odia	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Marathi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	24,000	Hindi	1	24,000	40	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khadura	1,400	Odia	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	1,200	Bengali	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	4,000	Odia	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolta	33,000	Odia	1	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	25,000	Marathi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Gujarati	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	104,000	Hindi	0	104,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Hindi	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	26,000	Marathi	1	20,000	-1 -	6,700	40	60	-1 -
Mahar (Muslim traditions)	30	Marathi	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	200	Odia	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	1,000	Bengali	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	6,900	Marathi	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhi	1,600	Hindi	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	91,000	Hindi	0	91,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali Bhagirathi	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	3,200	Kurux	2	400	30	20	2,800	-1 -	-1 -
Paharia	400	Mal Paharia	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pan	4,400	Odia	1	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panika	51,000	Chhattisgarhi	0	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	15,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	3,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Hindi	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	7,700	Hindi	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	5,500	Hindi	1	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Saora unspecified	5,000	Odia	2	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satnami	194,000	Hindi	1	187,000	-1 -	700	6,500	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	5,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	3,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	55,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	261,000	Hindi	0	261,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	8,500	Hindi	0	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Sribastab	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thathera (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar	20	Gujarati	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vasudev	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	235,000	Hindi	0	235,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Hindi	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Jadubans	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kamariha	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Kaonra	122,000	Hindi	0	122,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Nandbans	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 122	2,399,000		118 ●	2,255,000	87,000	7,700	16,000	13,000	21,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 409	2,455,000		387 ●	2,298,000	92,000	7,900	18,000	16,000	23,000

* 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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