India, Manipur state people groups

Country:	India
Province / State:	Manipur
District:	All

Number of People Groups

199

Unreached People Groups

127

Total Population

3,420,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

40.5 %

Hindu

42.9 %

Muslim

8.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

8.0 %

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ahom	6,600	Assamese	1 ●	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Aimol	3,500	Aimol	3 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	3,500	-1 -	-1 -
Aka	500	Hruso	2 ●	300	-1 -	90	40	-1 -	90
Anal	26,000	Anal	3 ●	300	90	30	26,000	-1 -	50
Angami	200	Naga, Angami	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Anglo	100	English	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Ao	200	Naga, Ao	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Arleng	400	Karbi	2 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Sikh traditions)	40	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	9,300	Assamese	0 ☀	-1 -	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0 ☀	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bangali Muslim Moghal	400	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	900	Hindi	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania Saraogi	300	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Bania unspecified	4,800	Hindi	0 ☀	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Bansphor (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	900	Bengali	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	100	Kannada	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhandari	800	Odia	0 ☀	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhatia (Muslim traditions)	50	Gujarati	0 ☀	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhisti	50	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhottada	90	Kuvi	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	600	Bengali	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Biate	3,000	Biate	2 ●	600	-1 -	20	2,300	-1 -	-1 -
Bishnupriya Manipuri	88,000	Bishnupuriya	1 ●	87,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Boro	2 ●	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Barna	60	Bengali	0 ☀	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	1,200	Bengali	0 ☀	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Purohit	1,400	Marwari	0 ☀	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	13,000	Hindi	0 ☀	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Bru	100	Kok Borok	2 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Bujur	3,000	Naga, Moyon	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	1,400	Burmese	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	200	Bengali	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	1,700	Nepali	1 ●	1,600	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chiru	10,000	Chiru	3 ●	-1 -	80	-1 -	9,900	-1 -	-1 -
Chothe	4,400	Naga, Chothe	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	70
Christian	19,000	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	19,000	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	100	Nepali	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Deori	60	Deori	1 ●	40	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	500	Dzongkha	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	90	Bengali	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	30	Odia	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganda	900	Odia	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangte	21,000	Gangte	3 ●	100	100	30	20,000	-1 -	80
Garo (A-chik Mande)	60	Garo	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda	800	Odia	0 ☀	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	90	Konkani, Goan	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	1,500	Hindi	1 ●	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	40
Guria	700	Odia	0 ☀	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	500	Nepali	2 ●	200	-1 -	300	20	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	200	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajang	100	Bengali	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	20	Chinese, Mandarin	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Haomei	79,000	Naga, Liangmai	3 ●	1,200	300	300	77,000	20	400
Hira	40	Assamese	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hmar	59,000	Hmar	3 ●	200	300	100	58,000	20	80
Illemei	112,000	Naga, Mao	3 ●	200	300	200	111,000	-1 -	200
Jat (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Muslim traditions)	600	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	800	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -
Jewish, South Asian	200	Marathi	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Jhalo Malo	80	Bengali	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0 ☀	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	40	Dimasa	2 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	1,100	Bengali	0 ☀	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	100	Bengali	0 ☀	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	300	Nepali	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandra	800	Odia	1 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	80	Hindi	0 ☀	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaora	90	Bengali	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	70	Bengali	0 ☀	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karan	300	Odia	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	90	Kashmiri	0 ☀	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0 ☀	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	70	Bengali	1 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khampti	400	Adi	1 ●	300	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	900	Odia	0 ☀	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharam	1,300	Naga, Kharam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	200	Kharia	2 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	300	Khasi	3 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	100	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolta	300	Odia	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kom	21,000	Kom	3 ●	80	60	-1 -	21,000	-1 -	30
Konai	40	Bengali	0 ☀	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koren	2,200	Koireng	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	1,400	Telugu	1 ●	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kui Khond	500	Odia	2 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin	32,000	Chin, Thado	3 ●	200	100	70	32,000	-1 -	300
Kuki Chin Taraor	1,300	Naga, Tarao	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	20	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	30	Nepali	0 ☀	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lamkang	9,300	Lamkang	3 ●	300	20	30	8,900	-1 -	-1 -
Loi	102,000	Meitei	0 ☀	101,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	40	300
Lotha	500	Naga, Lotha	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	4,000	Nepali	2 ●	3,400	-1 -	400	100	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	200	Odia	0 ☀	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	6,400	Bengali	1 ●	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	500	Hindi	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	20	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maramei	33,000	Naga, Maram	3 ●	100	90	40	33,000	-1 -	100
Maring	32,000	Naga, Maring	3 ●	200	90	70	32,000	-1 -	400
Mech	70	Boro	2 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei (Manipur Muslim)	235,000	Meitei	0 ☀	-1 -	235,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei Kshatriya	122,000	Meitei	1 ●	104,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	17,000
Meitei Thanga	126,000	Meitei	1 ●	107,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	18,000
Meitei unspecified	1,193,000	Meitei	1 ●	952,000	-1 -	1,500	15,000	-1 -	224,000
Miri	50	Mising	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Mishmi	70	Digaro-Mishmi	2 ●	30	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo	3,100	Mizo	3 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Fanai	300	Mizo	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	6,700	Mizo	3 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	6,100	-1 -	50
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	2,700	Mundari	2 ●	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naga Tangkhul	212,000	Naga, Tangkhul	3 ●	2,000	1,000	700	208,000	50	400
Nai (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Bengali	1 ●	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	1,500	Bengali	1 ●	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	300	Nepali	1 ●	300	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nissi	40	Nyishi	3 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	2,300	Kurux	2 ●	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Paite (Christian traditions)	66,000	Chin, Paite	3 ●	200	300	100	65,000	-1 -	200
Paite Simte	9,300	Simte	3 ●	40	40	-1 -	9,100	-1 -	20
Paliya	90	Bengali	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pan	700	Odia	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parja unspecified	100	Odia	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	900	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Bengali	0 ☀	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pnar	80	Pnar	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Pod	2,600	Bengali	1 ●	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poi	600	Mizo	3 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Poumai	152,000	Naga, Poumai	3 ●	200	200	200	151,000	-1 -	900
Pundari	90	Bengali	0 ☀	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	300	Assamese	2 ●	200	-1 -	30	50	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	2,600	Nepali	2 ●	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	1,000
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Bengali	1 ●	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	70
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0 ☀	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	400	Punjabi, Eastern	0 ☀	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -
Raju	100	Bengali	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	60	Hindi	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ralte	200	Mizo	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Ranabhat	400	Assamese	0 ☀	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	30	Hindi	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rongmei	114,000	Naga, Inpui	3 ●	1,500	400	300	105,000	20	6,500
Sakachep	1,200	Sakachep	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Saloi	70	Assamese	0 ☀	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sangtam	90	Naga, Sangtam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	2,300	Santhali	2 ●	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	100
Saora unspecified	700	Odia	2 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	300	Nepali	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,600	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sema	70	Naga, Sumi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	500	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,900	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,200	Bengali	0 ☀	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	23,000	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	300	Urdu	0 ☀	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	200	Nepali	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Singpho	-1 Unknown	Singpho	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sirte	2,900	Naga, Monsang	3 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0 ☀	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	1 ●	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	800	Nepali	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0 ☀	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	80	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	1,100	Nepali	2 ●	600	-1 -	400	60	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	30	Hindi	0 ☀	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Bengali	0 ☀	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0 ☀	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thadou	256,000	Chin, Thado	3 ●	1,300	1,000	500	250,000	20	2,600
Thakuri	300	Nepali	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thangal	4,600	Naga, Thangal	3 ●	-1 -	40	-1 -	4,500	-1 -	50
Tharu	1,000	Bhojpuri	1 ●	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Thoubalkonou	1,600	Meitei	0 ☀	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	1,800	Bengali	0 ☀	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	300	Kok Borok	2 ●	400	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiwa	-1 Unknown	Assamese	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	60	Bengali	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaiphei	52,000	Vaiphei	3 ●	200	80	-1 -	51,000	-1 -	100
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	70	Hindi	0 ☀	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0 ☀	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0 ☀	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	300	Bengali	0 ☀	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	1,200	Nepali	2 ●	800	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	300
Zeliang	11,000	Naga, Zeme	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -
Zou	29,000	Zo	3 ●	100	-1 -	20	29,000	-1 -	20
Totals: 199	3,420,000		127 ●	1,468,000	282,000	7,700	1,385,000	1,600	275,000

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