Country: India
Province / State: Jharkhand
District: Ranchi

Major People Groups

90

Major Unreached People Groups

84

Total Population

3,044,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

6.3 %

Hindu

56.4 %

Muslim

15.4 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

21.6 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Angarok 300 Bengali Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Ansari 52,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 52,000 - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - 300
 Bania unspecified 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - 1,900
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 39,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - 50 - 20,000
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 2,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,500 - - - -
 Bhogta 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - 40 - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 5,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,300 - 60 40 - -
 Binjhia 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - 900
Birhor 800 Birhor Progress Gauge 600 - - - - 200
Brahmin Bengali 2,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 42,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 42,000 - - - - 400
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - 200 200 - -
 Chik Baraik 9,500 Sadri Progress Gauge 6,600 30 - 500 - 2,300
 Christian 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 17,000 - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 8,500 Odia Progress Gauge 8,300 - 60 80 - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - 80 60 - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 35,000 - 40 300 30 -
 Gorait 3,100 Sadri Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - 1,500
Halalkhor (Muslim traditions) 80 Hindi Progress Gauge - 80 - - - -
 Ho 2,200 Ho Progress Gauge 300 - - 300 - 1,600
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 2,900 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 2,900 -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Karmali 9,600 Maithili Progress Gauge 6,000 - - 20 - 3,600
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 1,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Kharia 8,000 Kharia Progress Gauge 3,700 - - 4,000 - 300
 Kharwar 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - 30 - 400
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 50,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar Bardiha 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Kumhar Kanaujia 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 93,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 93,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 258,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 258,000 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 150,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 150,000 - - - - -
Lohara 73,000 Sadri Progress Gauge 39,000 200 - 700 - 33,000
 Mahishya 4,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
 Mahli 32,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 19,000 60 - 200 - 13,000
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,600 - - - - -
 Munda 312,000 Mundari Progress Gauge 76,000 700 100 40,000 50 196,000
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 38,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 38,000 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Oraon 540,000 Kurux Progress Gauge 33,000 1,500 100 128,000 70 378,000
 Pan 9,700 Odia Progress Gauge 9,700 - 40 - - -
 Panika 35,000 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 35,000 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 2,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,800 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Poundra 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Puran Bhaja 400 Panchpargania Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Puran unspecified 700 Panchpargania Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Quam-e-Punjab 500 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - 100 - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 98,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 98,000 - - - - 300
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge - 2,900 - - - -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Rajwar 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Rautia 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - 30 - -
Sahisia 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 5,600 Santhali Progress Gauge 1,400 30 - 1,200 - 3,000
 Sayyid 18,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 18,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 2,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,300 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 26,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 26,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 33,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 33,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 322,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 322,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
 Sukiyar 1,100 Magahi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 162,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 162,000 - - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - 80 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 245,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 245,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Yadav Gaoli 43,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 43,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 1,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  90 3,005,000   84 1,687,000 465,000 900 193,000 3,200 656,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  293 3,044,000   273 1,718,000 470,000 900 193,000 4,800 658,000
* 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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