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Country:	Bangladesh
State:	Sylhet
District:	All

Number of People Groups

164

Unreached People Groups

142

Total Population

10,824,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

0.5 %

Hindu

10.5 %

Muslim

88.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.5 %

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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	500	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	500	-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 -
Barman	12,000	Bengali	1 ●	10,000	30	-1 -	30	-1 -	1,100
Bauri	30	Bengali	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Bengali	1 ●	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	5,300	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Behara	600	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	900	Bengali	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	23,000	Sylheti	1 ●	21,000	100	100	900	-1 -	900
Bihari (Muslim traditions)	3,100	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Binjhia	5,700	Sylheti	2 ●	5,200	-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 ●	9,500	400	-1 -	30	-1 -	300
Brahmin	34,000	Bengali	1 ●	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	3,600	Bengali	1 ●	3,600	-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	4,200	Bengali	1 ●	4,200	-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	7,900	Burmese	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakma	9,900	Chakma	2 ●	500	-1 -	8,100	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	1 ●	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chero	4,600	Sylheti	1 ●	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	100
Chik Baraik	4,700	Sylheti	1 ●	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	200
Christian	6,400	Bengali	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,400	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	1,100	-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 -
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 (A-chik Mande)	4,500	Garo	3 ●	-1 -	30	-1 -	4,500	-1 -	-1 -
Ghazi	4,400	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghulam	40	Chittagonian	1 ●	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond	6,100	Gondi, Northern	1 ●	5,800	-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)	1,900	Bengali	1 ●	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	1,000	Chinese, Mandarin	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	66,000	Sylheti	1 ●	55,000	300	60	2,400	-1 -	7,800
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)	97,000	Bengali	1 ●	97,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Muslim traditions)	60	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	36,000	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaghazi	20	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta	47,000	Bengali	1 ●	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	6,900	Bengali	1 ●	6,900	-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)	114,000	Bengali	1 ●	114,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	19,000	Bengali	1 ●	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khadala	2,400	Sylheti	1 ●	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	70	Bengali	1 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	9,000	Sylheti	2 ●	6,400	60	60	700	-1 -	1,800
Kharwar	8,700	Sylheti	1 ●	8,100	80	-1 -	400	-1 -	100
Khasi (War-Khasi)	17,000	War-Jaintia	3 ●	90	30	20	16,000	-1 -	100
Kisan	3,700	Sylheti	1 ●	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	200
Koch (Hindu traditions)	4,700	Koch	1 ●	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Kori	1,800	Bengali	1 ●	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	40
Korku	2,400	Sylheti	1 ●	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	2,500	Sylheti	1 ●	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	200
Kui, Kuvi Khond	5,100	Kuvi	2 ●	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	200
Kuki Chin	1,000	Chin, Hakha	3 ●	60	-1 -	700	100	-1 -	80
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	7,100	Bengali	1 ●	7,100	-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 -
Laleng (Patra)	3,900	Language unknown	2 ●	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	400	-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	8,700	Sylheti	1 ●	8,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	11,000	Mahali	1 ●	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	300
Maimal	137,000	Sylheti	1 ●	-1 -	137,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	55,000	Bengali	1 ●	55,000	-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	7,900	Bengali	1 ●	7,500	20	-1 -	300	-1 -	20
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 ●	18,000	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	100	Mizo	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Bengali	1 ●	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moghal	1,300	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	22,000	Mundari	1 ●	2,200	70	30	900	-1 -	19,000
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)	172,000	Bengali	1 ●	171,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	142,000	Bengali	1 ●	141,000	-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	11,000	Kurux	2 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	8,600
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 Khan	900	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	3,100	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	40	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	68,000	Bengali	1 ●	68,000	-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	18,000	Pnar	3 ●	200	60	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	4,400
Qassab	300	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	300	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	200	Bengali	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	6,100	Bengali	1 ●	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	40	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	1,400	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	1,400	-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	39,000	Rohingya	1 ●	-1 -	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	100	Bengali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	18,000	Bengali	2 ●	8,500	600	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	7,600
Saora	1,200	Sora	1 ●	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	3,400	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sauria Paharia	5,000	Sylheti	2 ●	3,900	-1 -	500	500	-1 -	100
Sayyid	12,000	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	714,000	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	714,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	200	Sindhi	1 ●	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Bengali	1 ●	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	500	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sylhet Muslim	8,506,000	Sylheti	1 ●	-1 -	8,506,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	1,200	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tangchanghya	4,400	Kok Borok	2 ●	4,000	90	-1 -	300	-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 -
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)	4,900	Bengali	1 ●	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	1,500	Bengali	1 ●	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 164	10,824,000		142 ●	1,133,000	9,558,000	19,000	58,000	600	55,000

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