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Country:

Bangladesh
State: Rangpur
District: All

Number of People Groups

205

Unreached People Groups

194

Total Population

17,688,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

15.6 %

Muslim

83.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.9 %
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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Abdul 2,700 Bengali ● - 2,700 - - - -
Aguri 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Anglo 3,300 Bengali ● 600 300 - 2,400 - -
Ansari 23,000 Bengali ● - 23,000 - - - -
Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Western ● - - - - 30 -
Asur 300 Sylheti ● 300 - 20 20 - -
Badaik 20 Bengali ● 20 - - - - -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Bengali ● 1,800 - - - - -
Baha'i 300 Bengali ● - - - - - 300
Bahelia (Hindu traditions) 70 Bengali ● 70 - - - - -
Baidya (Hindu traditions) 6,600 Bengali ● 6,600 - - - - -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 85,000 Bengali ● 85,000 - - - - -
Baiti 100 Bengali ● 100 - - - - -
Bania 3,000 Bengali ● 3,000 - - - - -
Bania Agarwal 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Bania Rauniar 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Barua 500 Chittagonian ● 500 - - - - -
Bauri 900 Bengali ● 900 - - - - -
Bedia (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Bengali ● 2,300 - - - - -
Behara 1,000 Bengali ● - 1,000 - - - -
Beldar (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Bengali ● 2,400 - - - - -
Besya (Muslim traditions) 2,700 Bengali ● - 2,700 - - - -
Bhar 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Bhat (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Bhuinhar 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Bhuinmali 21,000 Bengali ● 21,000 - - - - -
Bhuiya 2,100 Bengali ● 2,100 - - - - -
Bihari (Muslim traditions) 253,000 Urdu ● - 253,000 - - - -
Bind 800 Bengali ● 800 - - - - -
Birhor 70 Sylheti ● 70 - - - - -
Brahmin 31,000 Bengali ● 31,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhumihar 100 Bengali ● 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 1,900 Bengali ● 1,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Kanaujia 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Radhi 2,100 Bengali ● 2,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Saraswat 100 Bengali ● 100 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Bengali ● 17,000 - - - - -
Chain 1,300 Bengali ● 1,300 - - - - -
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 8,500 Bengali ● 8,400 - - 90 - -
Chasadhobi 40 Bengali ● 40 - - - - -
Chik Baraik 70 Sylheti ● 70 - - - - -
Christian 12,000 Bengali ● - - - 12,000 - -
Dai (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Bengali ● 1,300 - - - - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 5,000 Bengali ● - 5,000 - - - -
Dalu 700 Bengali ● - 700 - - - -
Darzi (Muslim traditions) 2,200 Bengali ● - 2,200 - - - -
Dhanuk 1,100 Bengali ● 1,100 - - - - -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Bengali ● 2,400 - - - - -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Bengali ● - 1,800 - - - -
Doai 1,300 Bengali ● 1,300 - - - - -
Dom 200 Bengali ● - 200 - - - -
Dom (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Chittagonian ● 4,000 - - - - -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Bengali ● 4,400 - - - - -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions) 100 Bengali ● - 100 - - - -
Dusadh Bahelia 1,100 Bengali ● 1,100 - - - - -
Faqir 700 Bengali ● - 700 - - - -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Ganak 600 Bengali ● - 600 - - - -
Garo 10,000 Garo ● 40 - - 6,000 - 4,400
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Ghazi 6,800 Bengali ● - 6,800 - - - -
Ghulam 70 Chittagonian ● - 70 - - - -
Gonrhi 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Gosain 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Gurung Ghaleg 500 Gurung ● 200 - 300 - - -
Hadi 24,000 Bengali ● 24,000 - - 60 - -
Hajam 27,000 Bengali ● - 27,000 - - - -
Hajang 90 Hajong ● 90 - - - - -
Halwai (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Bengali ● 33,000 - - - - -
Halwai Maira 3,000 Bengali ● 3,000 - - - - -
Han Chinese, Mandarin 800 Chinese, Mandarin ● - - 800 - - -
Hazra (Muslim traditions) 40 Bengali ● - 40 - - - -
Ho 2,300 Sylheti ● 1,900 - - 100 - 300
Jat (Sikh traditions) 500 Punjabi, Western ● - - - - 500 -
Jhalo Malo 4,500 Bengali ● 4,500 - - - - -
Jogi (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Bengali ● 24,000 - - - - -
Jogi (Muslim traditions) 60 Bengali ● - 60 - - - -
Kadar 2,100 Bengali ● 2,100 - - - - -
Kaghazi 100 Bengali ● - 100 - - - -
Kahar (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Bengali ● 23,000 - - - - -
Kaibartta 21,000 Bengali ● 21,000 - - - - -
Kaibartta Jalia 12,000 Bengali ● 12,000 - - - - -
Kalu 2,100 Bengali ● - 2,100 - - - -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Bengali ● 1,700 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 500 Bengali ● 500 - - - - -
Kamar 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Kandu 2,900 Bengali ● 2,900 - - - - -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 40 Bengali ● 40 - - - - -
Kapali 1,900 Bengali ● 1,900 - - - - -
Karadar 100 Bengali ● - 100 - - - -
Kasar (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali ● 500 - - - - -
Kawar 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 40,000 Bengali ● 40,000 - - - - -
Kayastha Karan 6,900 Bengali ● 6,900 - - - - -
Khandait 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Kharia 1,700 Sylheti ● 1,700 - - - - -
Kharwar 90 Sylheti ● 90 - - - - -
Khasi 4,300 Khasi ● 400 - - 3,500 - 400
Koch (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Koch ● 27,000 - - 40 - 600
Koiri (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Bengali ● 2,200 - - - - -
Kol 800 Bengali ● 800 - - - - -
Kori 3,700 Bengali ● 3,700 - - - - -
Kui, Kuvi Khond 100 Kuvi ● 100 - - - - -
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Bengali ● 20,000 - - - - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Bengali ● 23,000 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Bengali ● - 1,200 - - - -
Lohar (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Bengali ● 22,000 - - - - -
Lohar (Muslim traditions) 3,900 Bengali ● - 3,900 - - - -
Lunia (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Bengali ● 11,000 - - - - -
Madari (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ● - 200 - - - -
Magar 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Mahanta 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Mahishya 72,000 Bengali ● 71,000 - - 400 - -
Mahli 10,000 Mahali ● 8,000 - - 800 - 1,200
Majhwar 1,100 Bengali ● 1,000 90 - - - -
Mal (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Bengali ● 4,100 - - - - -
Mal (Muslim traditions) 100 Bengali ● - 100 - - - -
Mali (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Bengali ● 5,000 - - - - -
Mallah (Hindu traditions) 4,800 Bengali ● 4,800 - - - - -
Mallah (Muslim traditions) 4,400 Bengali ● - 4,400 - - - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Bengali ● - 1,800 - - - -
Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Mallik (Muslim traditions) 3,500 Bengali ● - 3,500 - - - -
Malto 5,000 Mal Paharia ● 4,900 - - 90 - -
Mandala (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Bengali ● - 1,800 - - - -
Masalchi 200 Bengali ● - 200 - - - -
Matia 80 Bengali ● 80 - - - - -
Mech 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Mir 400 Bengali ● - 400 - - - -
Mirdhas (Muslim traditions) 600 Bengali ● - 600 - - - -
Mishri 500 Bengali ● 500 - - - - -
Mochi (Hindu traditions) 88,000 Bengali ● 88,000 - - - - -
Moghal 3,300 Bengali ● - 3,300 - - - -
Mru 600 Mru ● - - 600 - - -
Munda 11,000 Sadri, Oraon ● 5,800 60 - 900 - 4,000
Musahar (Hindu traditions) 7,400 Bengali ● 7,400 - - - - -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 4,200 Bengali ● 4,200 - - - - -
Nai (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Nai Nabasakh 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Namassej (Hindu traditions) 56,000 Bengali ● 56,000 - - 500 - -
Namassej Chandel 51,000 Bengali ● 51,000 - - 500 - -
Nat (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Bengali ● 1,100 - - 100 - -
Nat (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ● - 200 - - - -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Bengali ● - 1,800 - - - -
Oraon, Kurux 13,000 Sylheti ● 8,500 20 - 1,400 - 2,900
Paliya 66,000 Bengali ● 66,000 - - - - -
Pan 1,000 Odia ● 1,000 - - - - -
Parsee 20 Parsi ● - - - - - 20
Pashtun, Pathan 29,000 Bengali ● - 29,000 - - - -
Pasi (Hindu traditions) 900 Bengali ● 900 - - - - -
Pasi (Muslim traditions) 100 Bengali ● - 100 - - - -
Patial Unknown Bengali ● - - - - - -
Patni (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Bengali ● 3,200 - - - - -
Patni (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Bengali ● - 1,700 - - - -
Patwa (Muslim traditions) 1,100 Bengali ● - 1,100 - - - -
Persian 100 Persian, Iranian ● - 100 - - - -
Pinjara 3,400 Bengali ● - 3,400 - - - -
Qassab 500 Bengali ● - 500 - - - -
Qazi 700 Bengali ● - 700 - - - -
Rai 200 Bengali ● 60 - - - - 100
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 1,166,000 Bengali ● 1,130,000 - - 5,000 - 30,000
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ● - 200 - - - -
Rajbansi Khen (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Bengali ● 27,000 - - - - -
Rajbansi Pali (Hindu traditions) 304,000 Bengali ● 303,000 - - 1,000 - -
Rajbhar 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Bengali ● 11,000 - - - - -
Rajput (Muslim traditions) 2,100 Bengali ● - 2,100 - - - -
Rajput (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Western ● - - - - 40 -
Rajwar 2,600 Bengali ● 2,600 - - - - -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ● - 200 - - - -
Rayeen (Hindu traditions) 5,300 Bengali ● 5,300 - - - - -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 8,100 Bengali ● - 8,100 - - - -
Sahariya 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Sankara 80 Bengali ● 80 - - - - -
Santal, Satar 414,000 Bengali ● 249,000 3,000 900 37,000 - 123,000
Saora 60 Sora ● 60 - - - - -
Sardar (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali ● 500 - - - - -
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 5,400 Bengali ● - 5,400 - - - -
Sayyid 124,000 Bengali ● - 124,000 - - - -
Shaikh 14,145,000 Bengali ● - 14,145,000 - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ● - 200 - - - -
Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 600 Sindhi ● - 600 - - - -
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Bengali ● 1,300 - - - - -
Sunri (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Bengali ● 17,000 - - - - -
Sunri Sadhubanik 13,000 Bengali ● 13,000 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Bengali ● 3,300 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions) 800 Bengali ● - 800 - - - -
Tamang 40 Tamang, Eastern ● - - 30 - - -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 6,500 Bengali ● 6,500 - - - - -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 2,400 Bengali ● - 2,400 - - - -
Tanti (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Bengali ● 20,000 - - - - -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Western ● - - - - 30 -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Bengali ● 4,600 - - - - -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Tili 5,200 Bengali ● 5,200 - - - - -
Tiyar 900 Bengali ● 900 - - - - -
Turaiha 1,400 Bengali ● 1,500 - - - - -
Turi (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Bengali ● 11,000 - - - - -
Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Bengali ● 3,400 - - 70 - -
Valmiki, Balmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali ● 100 - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Bengali ● 12,000 - - - - -
Yadav Sadgope 9,000 Bengali ● 9,000 - - - - -
  Totals:  205 17,688,000   194 ● 2,760,000 14,683,000 2,600 72,000 600 168,000
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