Country:

Bangladesh

Province / State: Sylhet
District: All

Number of People Groups

160

Unreached People Groups

147

Total Population

12,769,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

15.5 %

Muslim

83.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Abdul 1,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,500 - - - -
 Ansari 500 Bengali ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Arleng 1,600 Karbi ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
Asur 1,600 Sylheti 1,600 - - - - -
 Baiga 5,300 Sylheti ☀︎ 5,300 - - - - 40
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 1,200 Bengali ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Barman 13,000 Bengali 11,000 30 - 40 - 1,200
 Bauri 40 Bengali ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Bengali ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Bedia (Muslim traditions) 6,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 6,300 - - - -
 Behara 1,200 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,200 - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Bengali ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim 356,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 356,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 2,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,000 - - - -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan 3,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 3,500 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Sayyid 29,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 29,000 - - - -
 Bhumij 28,000 Sylheti 27,000 200 20 400 - 300
 Bihari (Muslim traditions) 3,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,600 - - - -
 Binjhia 6,900 Sylheti 6,700 - - 200 - -
Birhor 1,100 Sylheti 1,100 - - 30 - -
 Bishnupriya Manipuri 17,000 Bishnupuriya 16,000 600 - 40 - 300
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Sylheti ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 5,300 Bengali ☀︎ 5,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 6,900 Bengali ☀︎ 6,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 1,500 Bengali ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 46,000 Bengali ☀︎ 46,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Utkal 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 1,300 Bengali ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Burmese 900 Burmese ☀︎ - - 900 - - -
 Chakma 11,000 Chakma 500 20 9,100 1,400 - 20
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Bengali 1,900 - - - - -
 Chero 9,300 Sylheti 9,100 - - 90 - 50
 Chik Baraik 8,400 Sylheti 8,200 - - 100 - 90
 Christian 1,100 Bengali - - - 1,100 - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,700 - - - -
 Dalu 700 Bengali ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,700 - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Bengali ☀︎ 23,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,300 - - - -
Dholi (Muslim traditions) 44,000 Sylheti ☀︎ - 44,000 - - - -
 Dom (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Faqir 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Gain 1,300 Bengali ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
Ganak 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
Gandpal 2,300 Sylheti ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) 5,100 Garo - 30 - 5,000 - -
Ghazi 7,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 7,000 - - - -
 Ghulam 300 Chittagonian ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Gond 11,000 Gondi, Northern 11,000 - - 40 - 50
 Gurung Ghaleg 200 Gurung ☀︎ 100 - 20 - - -
 Hajam 37,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 37,000 - - - -
 Hajang 4,500 Hajong ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Bengali ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 90 Chinese, Mandarin ☀︎ - - 90 - - -
 Ho 95,000 Sylheti 90,000 400 40 2,100 - 2,700
 Jamatia 1,400 War-Jaintia 1,200 50 - 100 - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Jhalo Malo 24,000 Bengali ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 180,000 Bengali ☀︎ 180,000 - - - - -
 Jogi (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Jola 41,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 41,000 - - - -
Kaghazi 100 Bengali ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 17,000 Bengali ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 91,000 Bengali ☀︎ 91,000 - - - - -
Karadar 50 Bengali ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Karmali 5,400 Sylheti 5,200 - - 200 - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 209,000 Bengali ☀︎ 209,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 33,000 Bengali ☀︎ 33,000 - - - - -
Khadala 4,500 Sylheti ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
 Khandait 80 Bengali ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Kharia 16,000 Sylheti 16,000 60 - 300 - 300
 Kharwar 19,000 Sylheti 18,000 80 - 200 - 80
 Khasi 18,000 War-Jaintia 100 50 20 18,000 - 200
 Kisan 6,800 Sylheti 6,600 - - 100 - 90
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Koch 3,200 - - - - 40
 Kori 3,300 Bengali 3,300 - - - - 30
 Korku 6,300 Sylheti ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
 Korwa 4,200 Sylheti ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - 100
 Kui, Kuvi Khond 8,000 Kuvi 7,700 - - 300 - 60
 Kuki Chin 700 Chittagonian 80 - 500 100 - 90
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Bengali ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
Kusiari 7,500 Sylheti ☀︎ 7,500 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
Laleng (Patra) 4,400 Tiwa 3,900 - - 500 - -
Lohait Kuri 1,700 Sylheti ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Lohar (Muslim traditions) 2,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,800 - - - -
Lohara 31,000 Sylheti 30,000 - - 200 - 80
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Magar 900 Bengali ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Mahara 17,000 Sylheti ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
 Mahli 19,000 Mahali 19,000 - - 200 - 200
 Maimal 155,000 Sylheti ☀︎ - 155,000 - - - -
 Majhwar 100 Bengali ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Mal (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 103,000 Sylheti ☀︎ 103,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Muslim traditions) 1,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,600 - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions) 600 Bengali ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 4,200 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,200 - - - -
 Malto 10,000 Bengali 10,000 20 - 400 - 20
Mandala (Muslim traditions) 2,100 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,100 - - - -
Masalchi 100 Bengali ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Meitei 29,000 Meitei 27,000 600 - 40 - 500
Mirzakhani 4,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,300 - - - -
 Mizo Bawm 300 Chin, Bawm - - - 300 - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Bengali ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
 Munda 25,000 Mundari 15,000 80 30 1,000 - 8,900
Murasing 90 War-Jaintia ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Bengali ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Bengali ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Nai Nabasakh 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 319,000 Bengali 318,000 - - 800 - -
 Namassej Chandel 186,000 Bengali 185,000 - - 600 - -
 Nat (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 2,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,300 - - - -
 Oraon, Kurux 12,000 Kurux 7,400 20 20 1,900 - 3,100
 Pan 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Parhaiya 6,600 Sylheti 6,400 - - 100 - 20
 Pasi (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 97,000 Sylheti ☀︎ 97,000 - - - - -
 Patwa (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Pinjara 3,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 3,800 - - - -
 Pnar 20,000 Pnar 200 80 20 15,000 - 5,000
 Poundra 9,900 Bengali ☀︎ 9,900 - - - - -
 Qassab 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Qazi 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Rai 200 Bengali 100 - - - - 100
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Bengali 12,000 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 2,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,300 - - - -
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 600 Bengali ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Raute 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rautia 900 Sadri, Oraon ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 6,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 6,000 - - - -
 Rohingya 45,000 Rohingya - 45,000 - - - -
Sankara 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 20,000 Bengali 15,000 600 - 1,500 - 3,200
 Saora 2,400 Sora 2,400 - - - - -
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 4,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,800 - - - -
Sauria Paharia 8,400 Sylheti 8,100 - - 300 - 40
 Shaikh 1,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,600 - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 800 Bengali ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 37,000 Bengali ☀︎ 37,000 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Sylhet (Muslim traditions) 9,909,000 Sylheti ☀︎ - 9,909,000 - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 2,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,500 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 4,800 Bengali ☀︎ 4,800 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 48,000 Bengali ☀︎ 48,000 - - - - -
 Tipera 4,900 Kok Borok 4,400 90 - 400 - -
 Turaiha 90 Bengali ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Bengali ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 2,700 Bengali ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
  Totals:  160 12,769,000   147 1,980,000 10,699,000 11,000 52,000 200 27,000
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