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Country:	Bangladesh
State:	Sylhet
District:	All

Number of People Groups

159

Unreached People Groups

138

Total Population

11,219,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

1.1 %

Hindu

11.9 %

Muslim

86.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.9 %

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Abdul	1,300	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	36,000	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arleng	900	Karbi	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Sikh traditions)	20	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Asur	900	Sylheti	2 ●	700	-1 -	70	90	-1 -	20
Baiga	3,100	Sylheti	1 ●	3,000	-1 -	20	30	-1 -	40
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania	400	Bengali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	30	Bengali	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	6,700	Bengali	1 ●	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	40
Behara	600	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	900	Bengali	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	22,000	Sylheti	1 ●	20,000	100	100	900	-1 -	900
Bihari (Muslim traditions)	3,000	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Binjhia	5,600	Sylheti	2 ●	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	100
Birhor	600	Sylheti	2 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Birjia	300	Sylheti	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bishnupriya Manipuri	10,000	Bishnupuriya	1 ●	9,300	400	-1 -	30	-1 -	300
Brahmin	34,000	Bengali	1 ●	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	3,500	Bengali	1 ●	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	400	Bengali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	900	Bengali	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	4,100	Bengali	1 ●	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	600	Bengali	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	1,000	Bengali	1 ●	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Utkal	100	Bengali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vaidik	100	Bengali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	800	Bengali	1 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	7,800	Burmese	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	1 ●	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chero	4,500	Sylheti	1 ●	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	80
Chik Baraik	4,600	Sylheti	1 ●	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	200
Christian	6,300	Bengali	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,300	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dalu	100	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Bengali	1 ●	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	800	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dholi (Muslim traditions)	38,000	Sylheti	1 ●	-1 -	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom	50	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	40	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Faqir	300	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gain	700	Bengali	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	400	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandpal	1,200	Sylheti	1 ●	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garo	55,000	Garo	3 ●	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	15,000
Ghazi	4,300	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghulam	40	Chittagonian	1 ●	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond	6,000	Gondi, Northern	1 ●	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	200
Gorait	500	Bengali	2 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	30
Gurung Ghaleg	60	Gurung	1 ●	30	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	28,000	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajang	2,500	Hajong	1 ●	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Bengali	1 ●	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	900	Chinese, Mandarin	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hazra (Muslim traditions)	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	65,000	Sylheti	1 ●	54,000	300	60	2,400	-1 -	7,700
Jamatia	800	War-Jaintia	2 ●	600	40	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	500	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	14,000	Bengali	1 ●	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	95,000	Bengali	1 ●	95,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Muslim traditions)	60	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaghazi	20	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta	46,000	Bengali	1 ●	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	6,800	Bengali	1 ●	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karadar	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karmali	3,000	Sylheti	2 ●	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	30
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	113,000	Bengali	1 ●	113,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	19,000	Bengali	1 ●	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khadala	2,300	Sylheti	1 ●	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	70	Bengali	1 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	8,800	Sylheti	2 ●	6,300	60	60	700	-1 -	1,800
Kharwar	8,600	Sylheti	1 ●	8,000	80	-1 -	400	-1 -	100
Khasi	48,000	Khasi	3 ●	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	40,000	-1 -	900
Kisan	3,700	Sylheti	1 ●	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	200
Koch (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Koch	1 ●	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	1,800	Bengali	1 ●	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	40
Korku	2,300	Sylheti	1 ●	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	2,400	Sylheti	1 ●	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	200
Kui, Kuvi Khond	5,000	Kuvi	2 ●	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	200
Kuki Chin	900	Chin, Hakha	3 ●	60	-1 -	700	100	-1 -	80
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	7,000	Bengali	1 ●	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kusiari	3,900	Sylheti	1 ●	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohait Kuri	900	Sylheti	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	1,200	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohara	18,000	Sylheti	1 ●	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	300
Madari (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	500	Bengali	1 ●	400	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	8,600	Sylheti	1 ●	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	11,000	Mahali	1 ●	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	1,200
Majhwar	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	54,000	Bengali	1 ●	54,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	500	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	2,200	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	8,100	Mal Paharia	1 ●	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	200
Mandala (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Masalchi	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei	19,000	Meitei	1 ●	17,000	500	-1 -	50	-1 -	900
Mirzakhani	2,400	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Bawm	300	Chin, Bawm	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	80	Mizo	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	5,700	Bengali	1 ●	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moghal	3,300	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	97,000	Sadri, Oraon	2 ●	75,000	700	200	11,000	-1 -	10,000
Murasing	80	War-Jaintia	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Bengali	1 ●	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai Nabasakh	300	Bengali	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	170,000	Bengali	1 ●	169,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	140,000	Bengali	1 ●	139,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	80	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon, Kurux	65,000	Sylheti	2 ●	51,000	600	-1 -	8,400	-1 -	9,600
Pan	1,200	Odia	1 ●	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parhaiya	3,100	Sylheti	2 ●	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	80
Pashtun, Pathan	8,600	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	40	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	67,000	Bengali	1 ●	67,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Persian	60	Persian, Iranian	1 ●	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	1,900	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pnar	5,400	Pnar	3 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	1,200
Qassab	300	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	300	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	100	Bengali	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	6,000	Bengali	1 ●	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	40	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	50	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raute	200	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	500	Sadri, Oraon	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	3,200	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rohingya	76,000	Rohingya	1 ●	-1 -	76,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	100	Bengali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal, Satar	114,000	Bengali	2 ●	59,000	900	300	9,500	-1 -	45,000
Saora	1,100	Sora	1 ●	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	3,400	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	40	Nepali	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sauria Paharia	4,900	Sylheti	2 ●	3,800	-1 -	500	500	-1 -	100
Sayyid	74,000	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	74,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	9,352,000	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	9,344,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	300	Sindhi	1 ●	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Bengali	1 ●	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	500	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	1,200	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	70	Bengali	1 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	20	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Bengali	1 ●	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera, Kok Borok	52,000	Kok Borok	2 ●	43,000	5,200	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	1,600
Turaiha	20	Bengali	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Bengali	1 ●	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	1,500	Bengali	1 ●	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 159	11,219,000		138 ●	1,335,000	9,650,000	11,000	121,000	600	98,000

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