Country:

Bangladesh

Province / State: Chittagong
District: All

Number of People Groups

213

Unreached People Groups

194

Total Population

34,746,000

Buddhist

2.9 %

Christian

0.5 %

Hindu

8.0 %

Muslim

88.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Abdul 6,400 Bengali - 6,400 - - - -
 Aguri 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Ansari 200 Bengali - 200 - - - -
 Asho Khyang 5,300 Chin, Asho - - 3,300 2,000 - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Baha'i 1,300 Bengali - - - - - 1,300
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 56,000 Bengali 56,000 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Bengali 16,000 - - - - -
 Baiti 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Bangali Muslim Moghal 3,600 Bengali - 3,600 - - - -
 Bania unspecified 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Barman 2,100 Bengali 2,000 - - - - 200
 Barua 23,000 Chittagonian 200 - 23,000 - - -
 Bauri 6,600 Bengali 6,600 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Bedia (Muslim traditions) 2,800 Bengali - 2,800 - - - -
 Behara 4,100 Bengali - 4,100 - - - -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan 2,400 Bengali - 2,400 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan 23,000 Bengali - 23,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Sayyid 310,000 Bengali - 310,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Shaikh 28,328,000 Bengali - 28,328,000 - - - -
 Bhar 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Bengali 1,300 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Bhuinhar 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 22,000 Bengali 21,000 - - 400 - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 1,300 Bengali 1,300 - - - - -
 Bhumij 300 Sylheti 300 - - - - -
 Bihari (Muslim traditions) 104,000 Urdu - 104,000 - - - -
 Bind 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Bishnupriya Manipuri 2,300 Bishnupuriya 2,100 100 40 - - 70
 Brahmin Gaur 5,100 Bengali 5,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 900 Bengali 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 5,000 Bengali 5,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 1,200 Bengali 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 77,000 Bengali 77,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Utkal 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 1,300 Bengali 1,300 - - - - -
 Bru 2,300 Riang 1,900 - - 300 - -
 Burmese 67,000 Burmese - - 67,000 70 - -
 Chain 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Chak 6,000 Chak - - 5,900 20 - -
 Chakma 497,000 Chakma 31,000 600 431,000 36,000 - 300
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Bengali 4,500 - - 100 - -
 Christian 56,000 Bengali - - - 56,000 - -
Dai (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 6,200 Bengali - 6,200 - - - -
 Dalu 1,700 Bengali - 1,700 - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 5,600 Bengali - 5,600 - - - -
 Dhanuk 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 41,000 Bengali 41,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 4,800 Bengali - 4,800 - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Chittagonian 16,000 - - - - -
 Dom (Muslim traditions) 500 Bengali - 500 - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali - 400 - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Faqir 700 Bengali - 700 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
Ganak 2,400 Bengali - 2,400 - - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) 800 Garo - - - 800 - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
Ghazi 18,000 Bengali - 18,000 - - - -
Ghulam 4,800 Chittagonian - 4,800 - - - -
 Gonrhi 70 Bengali 70 - - - - -
 Gosain 1,200 Bengali 1,200 - - - - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 100 Gurung 30 - 70 - - -
 Hadi 19,000 Bengali 18,000 - 40 300 - -
 Hajam 107,000 Bengali - 107,000 - - - -
 Hajang 100 Hajong 100 - - - - -
 Halam 900 Chin, Falam 200 - - 800 - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Bengali 3,500 - - - - -
Halwai Maira 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 200 Chinese, Mandarin - - 200 - - -
 Jamatia 5,100 War-Jaintia 3,600 300 - 1,200 - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 800 Bengali - - - - 800 -
 Jhalo Malo 5,000 Bengali 5,000 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 257,000 Bengali 256,000 - - 500 - -
 Jogi (Muslim traditions) 700 Bengali - 700 - - - -
 Jola 28,000 Bengali - 28,000 - - - -
 Kachari Dimasa 3,700 Dimasa 3,700 - - - - -
Kaghazi 500 Bengali - 500 - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 8,300 Bengali 8,300 - - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 75,000 Bengali 75,000 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 168,000 Bengali 168,000 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Chittagonian 2,200 - - - - -
 Kalu 1,500 Bengali - 1,500 - - - -
 Kandu 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Kapali 16,000 Bengali 16,000 - - - - -
Karadar 400 Bengali - 400 - - - -
Karenga 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Bengali 1,300 - - - - -
 Kawar 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 697,000 Bengali 697,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 87,000 Bengali 87,000 - - - - -
 Khairwar 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
Khami 5,800 Chittagonian 100 - 3,600 300 - 1,800
 Kharia 3,800 Sylheti 3,800 - - - - -
 Khasi 600 War-Jaintia - - - 600 - -
 Kisan 300 Sylheti 300 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Kol 70 Bengali 70 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Kori 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Kuki Chin 123,000 Chittagonian 200 - 108,000 14,000 - 800
Kuki Chin Asho 1,700 Chin, Asho - - 1,600 60 - 50
 Kuki Chin Chinbon 1,400 Chin, Uppu - - 1,100 300 - -
Kuki Chin Lai 1,700 Chin, Hakha - - 1,400 200 - 70
Kuki Chin Yindi 2,400 Chin, Khumi - - 2,000 300 - 100
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) 43,000 Bengali 43,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Bengali 3,500 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 900 Bengali - 900 - - - -
Lohait Kuri 30 Sylheti 30 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Bengali 27,000 - - - - -
 Lohar (Muslim traditions) 12,000 Bengali - 12,000 - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Bengali 2,100 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali - 400 - - - -
 Magar 200 Bengali 200 - 20 - - -
 Mahanta 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Mahishya 97,000 Bengali 96,000 - - 1,200 - -
 Mahli 8,800 Mahali 8,500 - - 100 - 200
 Majhwar 700 Bengali 600 200 - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 7,000 Bengali 7,000 - - - - -
Mal (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Bengali - 1,000 - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Sylheti 24,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Mallah (Muslim traditions) 3,700 Bengali - 3,700 - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions) 1,400 Bengali - 1,400 - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 10,000 Bengali - 10,000 - - - -
Mandala (Muslim traditions) 4,900 Bengali - 4,900 - - - -
 Marma (Magh) 235,000 Marma 4,000 - 218,000 13,000 - -
Masalchi 400 Bengali - 400 - - - -
 Mech 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Meitei 1,700 Meitei 1,500 100 - - - 80
Mir 3,500 Bengali - 3,500 - - - -
Mishri 900 Bengali 900 - - - - -
 Mizo Bawm 2,200 Chin, Bawm - - 30 2,200 - -
Mizo Lushai 600 Mizo - - 60 600 - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Bengali 11,000 - - - - -
 Mru 66,000 Mru 30 - 63,000 2,600 - -
 Munda 600 Mundari 60 - - 30 - 500
Murasing 2,100 War-Jaintia 2,100 - - - - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Bengali 2,700 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Bengali 2,900 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Muslim traditions) 2,400 Bengali - 2,400 - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 204,000 Bengali 203,000 - - 1,700 - -
 Namassej Chandel 155,000 Bengali 153,000 - - 1,500 - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 7,000 Bengali 7,000 - - - - -
 Nat (Muslim traditions) 2,100 Bengali - 2,100 - - - -
 Newah 70 Nepali 70 - - - - -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 6,200 Bengali - 6,200 - - - -
 Oraon, Kurux 6,500 Kurux 1,000 - - 1,000 - 4,500
 Paliya 900 Bengali 900 - - - - -
 Pankhu, Panko 5,600 Pangkhua - - 5,500 200 - -
 Parsee 30 Gujarati - - - - - 30
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Bengali 1,600 - - - - -
 Pasi (Muslim traditions) 600 Bengali - 600 - - - -
 Patial 900 Bengali 900 - - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 9,500 Sylheti 9,500 - - - - -
 Patwa (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Bengali - 1,300 - - - -
 Persian 100 Dari - 100 - - - -
Peshakar 1,100 Bengali - 1,100 - - - -
 Pinjara 9,200 Bengali - 9,200 - - - -
 Pod 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Qassab 3,400 Bengali - 3,400 - - - -
 Qazi 5,800 Bengali - 5,800 - - - -
 Rai 100 Bengali 20 - - - - 90
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Bengali 34,000 - 100 100 - -
 Rajbansi (Muslim traditions) 1,100 Bengali - 1,100 - - - -
 Rajbhar 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 2,300 Bengali - 2,300 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 300 Bengali - - - - 300 -
 Rajwar 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Rakhine 16,000 Rakhine - - 16,000 - - -
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Bengali - 1,700 - - - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 15,000 Bengali - 15,000 - - - -
 Rohingya 828,000 Rohingya 15,000 813,000 - - - -
 Rohingya Zerbadi 80,000 Rohingya - 80,000 - - - -
 Sahariya 3,500 Bengali 3,500 - - - - -
Sankara 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 10,000 Bengali 5,600 300 - 800 - 3,300
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 17,000 Bengali - 17,000 - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 1,100 Bengali - 1,100 - - - -
 Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 300 Sindhi - 300 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Bengali 3,000 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 131,000 Bengali 131,000 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 71,000 Bengali 71,000 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Bengali 30,000 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions) 3,000 Bengali - 3,000 - - - -
 Sylhet (Muslim traditions) 775,000 Sylheti - 775,000 - - - -
 Tamang 300 Tamang, Eastern 70 - 200 - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 42,000 Bengali 42,000 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 5,500 Bengali - 5,500 - - - -
 Tangchanghya 65,000 Tangchangya 200 - 56,000 8,700 - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 9,100 Bengali 9,100 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Bengali 16,000 - - - - -
 Tili 7,100 Bengali 7,100 - - - - -
 Tipera 139,000 Kok Borok 117,000 10,000 7,000 4,900 - 200
 Tiyar 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Turaiha 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Bengali 3,500 - - - - -
 Uchoi Tipura (Brung) 9,100 Usoi 1,400 - 90 7,600 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Bengali 1,300 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Bengali 17,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 7,900 Bengali 7,900 - - - - -
  Totals:  213 34,746,000   194 2,791,000 30,765,000 1,014,000 161,000 1,100 14,000