India, Jharkhand state, Jamtara district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Jharkhand
District:	Jamtara

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

848,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.6 %

Hindu

70.7 %

Muslim

20.3 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

8.3 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	57,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	57,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	3,800	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Bauri	29,000	Bengali	1	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	100	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	2,900	Bengali	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bhumihar	4,300	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Buna (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Bengali	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	6,200	Bengali	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	1	14,000	-1 -	30	300	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,500	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	5,500	Hindi	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Odia	1	13,000	-1 -	30	200	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	1,400	Bengali	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	8,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	7,200	Hindi	0	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai Maira	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	1,200	Bengali	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadar	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	9,900	Hindi	0	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Jaiswal	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	9,000	Hindi	0	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	1,100	Hindi	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khetauri	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	9,800	Hindi	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kol	5,400	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Kori	1,200	Hindi	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maghaiya	60	Hindi	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	15,000	Bengali	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	7,600	Marathi	1	7,000	20	-1 -	20	-1 -	500
Mal (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	5,100	Mal Paharia	2	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	200
Markande	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirzakhani	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mishri	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Bengali	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parja unspecified	2,800	Odia	1	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Hindi	0	5,400	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi	80	Bengali	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	8,300	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Rajwar	2,600	Hindi	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	1	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	217,000	Santhali	2	146,000	600	30	2,000	200	69,000
Sayyid	6,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	4,900	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	88,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	88,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Bengali	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	31,000	Hindi	0	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	66,000	Hindi	0	66,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Dhindhor	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gaoli	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Rawat	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 73	813,000		70 ●	570,000	167,000	100	5,200	300	70,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 246	848,000		233 ●	599,000	172,000	100	5,500	500	71,000

* 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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