Country:

Bangladesh

Province / State: Rajshahi
District: All

Number of People Groups

202

Unreached People Groups

194

Total Population

21,775,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

6.6 %

Muslim

92.7 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.4 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Abdul 4,700 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,700 - - - -
 Aguri 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Ansari 6,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 6,000 - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Bengali 12,000 - - - - -
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 6,100 Bengali ☀︎ 6,100 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 37,000 Bengali ☀︎ 37,000 - - - - -
 Baiti 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 900 Bengali ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 1,300 Bengali ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 1,100 Bengali ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 1,100 Bengali ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 7,400 Bengali ☀︎ 7,400 - - - - -
 Banjara (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Barman 30,000 Bengali 27,000 100 - 300 - 2,900
Baul 3,700 Bengali ☀︎ - 3,700 - - - -
 Bauri 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Bedia (Muslim traditions) 4,200 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,200 - - - -
Beg 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Behara 1,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,600 - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim 18,757,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 18,757,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 5,900 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,900 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan 29,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 29,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Sayyid 281,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 281,000 - - - -
Besya (Hindu traditions) 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Besya (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,700 - - - -
 Bhar 1,300 Bengali ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 6,400 Bengali ☀︎ 6,400 - - - - -
 Bhuinhar 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 17,000 Bengali 17,000 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 5,900 Bengali ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
 Bhumij 3,600 Sylheti 3,600 - - - - -
 Bihari (Muslim traditions) 72,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 72,000 - - - -
 Bind 3,000 Bengali ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
 Biswas (Muslim traditions) 4,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,800 - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 2,100 Bengali ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 2,300 Bengali ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maithili 3,900 Bengali ☀︎ 3,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 2,600 Bengali ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 34,000 Bengali ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Utkal 3,000 Bengali ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Bengali ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
 Burmese 50 Burmese ☀︎ - - 50 - - -
 Chain 18,000 Bengali ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
 Chakma 500 Chakma 20 - 100 300 - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Bengali 17,000 - - 500 - -
Chasadhobi 7,700 Bengali ☀︎ 7,700 - - - - -
 Christian 55,000 Bengali - - - 55,000 - -
Dai (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 2,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,500 - - - -
 Dalu 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 5,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,000 - - - -
 Dhanuk 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Bengali ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 14,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 14,000 - - - -
Doai 80 Bengali ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Chittagonian ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Dom (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Bengali ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 1,800 Bengali ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Faqir 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Ganak 1,100 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,100 - - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) 500 Garo - - - 500 - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Ghazi 9,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 9,000 - - - -
 Ghulam 300 Chittagonian ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Gonrhi 1,300 Bengali ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Gosain 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Hadi 7,500 Bengali 7,500 - - - - -
 Hajam 64,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 64,000 - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Bengali ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
Halwai Maira 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 20 Chinese, Mandarin ☀︎ - - 20 - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Jhalo Malo 32,000 Bengali ☀︎ 32,000 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Bengali ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
 Jogi (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Jola 660,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 660,000 - - - -
Jotdar 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Kachari Dimasa 6,300 Dimasa 6,300 - - - - -
Kadar 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Kaghazi 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 8,000 Bengali ☀︎ 8,000 - - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 29,000 Bengali ☀︎ 29,000 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 34,000 Bengali ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
 Kalu 19,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 19,000 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 900 Bengali ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kandu 4,800 Bengali ☀︎ 4,800 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Kapali 10,000 Bengali ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
Karadar 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Karenga 1,100 Bengali ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Kawar 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 47,000 Bengali ☀︎ 47,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 8,400 Bengali ☀︎ 8,400 - - - - -
 Khairwar 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Khandait 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kharia 100 Sylheti 100 - - - - -
 Kharwar 300 Sylheti 300 - - - - -
 Khasi 70 War-Jaintia - - - 70 - -
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Koch 5,900 - - 20 - 20
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Bengali ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Kol 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Konai 6,200 Bengali ☀︎ 6,200 - - - - -
 Kori 2,200 Bengali 2,200 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Bengali ☀︎ 30,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Bengali ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,300 - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Bengali ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
 Lohar (Muslim traditions) 3,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 3,000 - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Bengali ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Magar 50 Bengali ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Mahanta 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Mahishya 144,000 Bengali 141,000 - - 2,500 - -
 Mahli 1,600 Mahali 1,500 - - 20 - 40
 Majhwar 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ 1,400 20 - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Bengali ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
Mal (Muslim traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 4,200 Sylheti ☀︎ 4,200 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Bengali ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Mallah (Muslim traditions) 12,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 12,000 - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions) 9,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 9,000 - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 4,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,600 - - - -
 Malto 20,000 Bengali 19,000 50 - 800 - 30
Mandala (Muslim traditions) 2,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,300 - - - -
Masalchi 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Matia 25,000 Bengali ☀︎ 25,000 - - - - -
 Mech 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Mir 26,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 26,000 - - - -
Mirzakhani 7,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 7,600 - - - -
Mishri 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Bengali ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
 Mochi (Muslim traditions) 5,400 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,400 - - - -
 Munda 20,000 Mundari 7,500 40 20 1,000 - 11,000
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Nai Nabasakh 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 91,000 Bengali 89,000 - - 1,400 - -
 Namassej Chandel 70,000 Bengali 69,000 - - 1,200 - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Nat (Muslim traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 2,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,800 - - - -
 Oraon, Kurux 69,000 Kurux 16,000 100 90 10,000 - 42,000
 Pan 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Pasi (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Patial 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 4,900 Sylheti ☀︎ 4,900 - - - - -
 Patwa (Muslim traditions) 800 Bengali ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Pinjara 7,100 Bengali ☀︎ - 7,100 - - - -
 Poundra 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Pundari 7,600 Bengali ☀︎ 7,600 - - - - -
 Qassab 4,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,800 - - - -
 Qazi 5,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,300 - - - -
 Rai 30 Bengali - - - - - 30
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 106,000 Bengali 100,000 - - 2,300 - 4,100
 Rajbansi (Muslim traditions) 4,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,800 - - - -
 Rajbhar 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Bengali ☀︎ 3,900 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 4,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,600 - - - -
 Rajwar 3,500 Bengali ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 1,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,500 - - - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 23,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 23,000 - - - -
 Sahariya 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Sankara 1,100 Bengali ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 76,000 Bengali 43,000 2,400 20 6,500 - 24,000
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 7,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 7,600 - - - -
 Shaikh 75,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 75,000 - - - -
Shanan 3,700 Bengali ☀︎ - 3,700 - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 1,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,500 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Bengali ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 131,000 Bengali ☀︎ 131,000 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 43,000 Bengali ☀︎ 43,000 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Bengali ☀︎ 25,000 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions) 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,400 - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Bengali ☀︎ 4,600 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 8,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 8,500 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Bengali ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
 Tarafdar 800 Bengali ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 4,800 Bengali ☀︎ 4,800 - - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Tili 19,000 Bengali ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
 Tiyar 5,600 Bengali ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
 Turaiha 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Bengali ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Bengali ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 14,000 Bengali ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
  Totals:  202 21,775,000   194 1,430,000 20,179,000 400 82,000 200 85,000
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