Country:

India

Province / State: Odisha
District: Sundargarh

Number of People Groups

340

Unreached People Groups

314

Total Population

2,389,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

18.5 %

Hindu

74.3 %

Muslim

3.5 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

3.4 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 500 Tamil 500 - - - - -
 Adi Karnataka 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 70 Tamil 70 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
 Amat 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Arakh 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Arora (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi 50 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
Asur 700 Asuri 700 - - - - -
Badaik 16,000 Sadri 16,000 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Bagata 6,600 Telugu 6,400 - - 80 - 100
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 4,900 Bengali 4,900 - - - - -
Bagheti 70 Odia 70 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Baiga 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Bangali Muslim Moghal 1,600 Urdu - 1,600 - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 4,400 Hindi 4,000 - - - - 400
 Bania Bais 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Bania Kasarwani 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 500 Hindi 400 - - - - 50
 Bania Oswal 500 Hindi 400 - - - - 100
 Bania Porwal 300 Hindi 300 - - - - 50
 Bania Rauniar 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
Bania Saraogi 20 Hindi - - - - - 20
 Bania Srimali 70 Gujarati 70 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 17,000 Hindi 16,000 - - - - 600
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 200 Lambadi 200 - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 30 Gujarati 30 - - - - -
Bariki 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Basor Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Bathudi 300 Odia 300 - - - - -
 Bauri 1,000 Bengali 1,000 - - - - -
Bauti 30 Odia 30 - - - - -
Bavuri Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Bawaria (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 50 -
 Bazigar (Hindu traditions) 70 Punjabi, Eastern 70 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 20 Kannada 20 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Bhandari 7,400 Odia 7,400 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
Bhottada 40 Kuvi 30 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 93,000 Hindi 92,000 80 - 300 - 200
 Bhumia 300 Odia 300 - - 40 - -
 Bhumij 9,900 Bengali 9,700 20 - 100 - 50
 Bhunjia 200 Bhunjia 200 - - - - -
 Binjhal 300 Odia 300 - - 20 - -
 Binjhia 13,000 Hindi 12,000 20 - 300 - 600
Birhor 90 Birhor 70 - - - - 20
 Birjia 6,900 Bijori 6,900 - - - - -
 Bondo Poraja 30 Bondo 30 - - - - -
 Boya 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 30 Gujarati 30 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 2,500 Bengali 2,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhagor 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Jijhotia 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 2,500 Hindi 2,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maha 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 90 Marathi 90 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 2,100 Bengali 2,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 2,400 Hindi 2,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 700 Telugu 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 42,000 Hindi 42,000 - 20 - - 70
Buna (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Chain 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
Chakali 30 Odia 30 - - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 80 Tamil 80 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi 12,000 - 70 - - -
Chandala Unknown Odia - - - - - -
Cherua 80 Odia 80 - - - - -
 Chhimba (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 30 -
 Chik (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Chik Baraik 3,300 Hindi 3,300 - - - - -
 Christian 2,200 Hindi - - - 2,200 - -
Dal 20 Odia - - - - - -
 Dandasi 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Dangi 2,100 Hindi 2,100 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
Darzi (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern - - - - - -
Dera 300 Odia 300 - - - - -
Desua Bhumij Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Dewar 19,000 Odia 19,000 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 100 Gujarati 100 - - - - -
 Dhanwar 1,900 Chhattisgarhi 1,900 - - - - -
 Dharua 50 Duruwa 30 - - 20 - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi 14,000 - 20 - - -
 Didayi Unknown Gata' - - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Odia 4,400 - - - - -
Dom Murdafarash 700 Odia 700 - - - - -
Dulia 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
 Gadaba 50 Telugu 30 - - 20 - -
 Gamit 20 Gamit 20 - - - - -
 Ganda 42,000 Odia 42,000 - 60 - - -
 Gandia Odisha 40 Koya - - - 30 - -
 Gauda 24,000 Odia 24,000 - - - - -
Ghantarghada 30 Odia 30 - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi 15,000 - 20 - - -
Ghogia 80 Odia 80 - - - - -
 Ghosi (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Hindi 5,700 - - - - -
Ghusuria 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Godari 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
Godra 300 Odia 300 - - - - -
 Gokha 400 Odia 400 - - - - -
 Gond Rajgond 14,000 Gondi, Northern 14,000 - - 30 - 20
 Gond unspecified 56,000 Hindi 55,000 60 - 400 - 80
 Gorait 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
Gujar (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern - - - - - -
 Guria 2,800 Odia 2,800 - - - - -
 Hadi 6,300 Bengali 6,300 - - - - -
 Halba 600 Marathi 200 - - 400 - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Ho 3,600 Ho 2,900 - - 100 - 500
 Holar 8,500 Marathi 7,700 20 - 500 - 300
 Ilavan 600 Malayalam 600 - - - - -
Jaggali Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 40 Urdu - 40 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 3,100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 3,100 -
Jatapu Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Jhalo Malo 1,000 Bengali 1,000 - - - - -
 Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Bengali 2,500 - - - - -
Juang 80 Odia 50 - - 20 - -
 Kabirpanthi 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
 Kaibartta Jalia 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 800 Telugu 800 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Kalingi 1,100 Odia 1,100 - - - - -
 Kalu 200 Bengali - 200 - - - -
 Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
Kanakkan 90 Malayalam 90 - - - - -
 Kandha Gauda 2,600 Odia 2,500 - - 30 - 90
Kandra 2,400 Odia 2,400 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Kaora 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Kapali 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 1,800 Telugu 1,800 - - - - -
Karan 8,800 Odia 8,800 - - - - -
 Karmali 3,000 Hindi 3,000 - - - - -
Karua 600 Odia 600 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 20 Kashmiri - 20 - - - -
Katia 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Kawar 4,900 Hindi 4,900 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Hindi 3,800 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
Kela (Hindu traditions) 30 Odia 30 - - - - -
Khadala 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Khadura 7,300 Odia 7,300 - - - - -
 Khairwar 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Khandait 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Kharia 167,000 Kharia 79,000 300 100 87,000 20 500
 Kharwar 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
 Khati (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
 Kisan 174,000 Hindi 143,000 300 40 28,000 20 2,100
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 70 Koch 70 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Kol 200 Hindi 200 - - 40 - 20
Kolah Lohara 3,100 Odia 2,700 20 - 300 - 40
 Kolha 5,400 Ho 4,600 - - 800 - 50
 Koli Mahadev 600 Marathi 500 - - 30 - -
 Koli Malhar 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Kolta 11,000 Odia 11,000 - - - - -
Konai 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Konda Dhora 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
 Kori 200 Hindi 100 - - 100 - -
 Korwa 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Kotia 20 Odia 20 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 200 Telugu 200 - - 30 - -
 Kui Khond 3,600 Odia 3,300 - - 200 - -
 Kuli 40 Odia 30 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) 76,000 Hindi 76,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
 Kumhar Magahia 4,900 Odia 4,900 - - - - -
 Kummari 80 Telugu 80 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Kurmi Mahato 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Kuruba 60 Kannada 60 - - - - -
Kurunga 30 Odia 30 - - - - -
Kusta 1,300 Odia 1,300 - - - - -
 Labana (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Laheri (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi 1,500 - - - - -
 Lingayat 100 Kannada - - - - - 100
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 100 Bengali 90 - - 30 - -
 Lohana 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 57,000 Hindi 57,000 - - - - -
Lohra 5,900 Hindi 5,900 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 50 Telugu - - - 50 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 300 Marathi 300 - 20 - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 70 Marathi - - - 70 - -
 Mahishya 35,000 Bengali 35,000 - - - - -
 Mahli 7,900 Marathi 7,100 30 - 400 - 400
 Mahratta Kunbi 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 500 Marathi 500 - - - - -
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
Mahuria 40 Odia 40 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 90 Gujarati 90 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 83,000 Hindi 83,000 - - - - -
 Malto 30 Santhali 30 - - - - -
Mandia 30 Odia 20 - - 20 - -
 Mangala 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
Mankirdia 80 Odia 30 - - 50 - -
 Maravan 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 50 Marathi - - - 50 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Matia 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Mazhabi (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
 Memon 30 Gujarati - 30 - - - -
Mirdhas (Hindu traditions) 300 Odia 300 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Munda 279,000 Mundari 115,000 700 200 157,000 40 5,300
 Mundari 20,000 Mundari 18,000 30 50 1,300 - 500
 Munnur 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 60 Tamil - - - 60 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi 1,600 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
 Nair 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Navithan 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
Omanatya 70 Odia 70 - - - - -
 Oraon 358,000 Kurux 132,000 700 200 159,000 20 65,000
Paik 50 Odia 50 - - - - -
 Paliya 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Pamidi Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Pan 40,000 Odia 39,000 - 50 - - -
 Panchama Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Panika 60 Chhattisgarhi 60 - - - - -
 Panka Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
Pantanti 13,000 Odia 13,000 - - - - -
Pap 1,900 Odia 1,900 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 50 Tamil - - - 50 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
Parenga 20 Odia 20 - - - - -
Parhaiya 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Parja unspecified 300 Odia 300 - - 30 - -
 Pashtun Afridi 900 Urdu - 900 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 600 Urdu - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 300 Urdu - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 700 Urdu - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 14,000 Urdu - 14,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Patial 900 Odia 900 - - - - -
Pentia 30 Odia 30 - - - - -
 Pod 4,500 Bengali 4,500 - - - - -
 Pundari 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Bengali 5,700 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 300 Urdu - 300 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 700 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 700 -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Raju 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Rajwar 200 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
 Rathawa 40 Rathawi 40 - - - - -
 Rautia 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Relli 900 Odia 900 - - - - -
Sagarbanshi 700 Odia 700 - - - - -
 Saini (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
Samasi 1,600 Odia 1,600 - - - - -
Sanei Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 13,000 Santhali 8,600 30 - 1,100 - 3,800
Saora Jati 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
Saora Kapusavar 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Saora Lanjia 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Saora unspecified 2,000 Odia 1,800 - - 200 - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
Sauntia Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Sayyid 7,900 Urdu - 7,900 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 400 Urdu - 400 - - - -
Shabar 1,300 Odia 1,300 - - 20 - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 2,500 Urdu - 2,500 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 5,300 Urdu - 5,300 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 46,000 Urdu - 46,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 100 Urdu - 100 - - - -
 Siyal 1,700 Odia 1,700 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Sonar (Sikh traditions) 80 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 80 -
Sounti 80 Odia 70 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Bengali 24,000 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 6,500 Bengali 6,500 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 80 Malayalam - - - 80 - -
Tamadia 800 Odia 800 - - - - -
Tamudia 400 Odia 400 - - - - -
Tanla 40 Odia 40 - - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Bengali 2,200 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 500 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 500 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi 25,000 - - - - -
Tharua 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Thori (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Tili 1,200 Bengali 1,200 - - - - -
 Tiyar 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Hindi 5,400 - - - - -
Ujia 40 Odia 40 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 40 Kannada 40 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Varli 30 Varli 30 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 80 Tamil 80 - - - - -
Vettuvan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 70 Malayalam 70 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 700 Telugu 700 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 284,000 Hindi 284,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 11,000 Telugu 11,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 3,800 Hindi 3,800 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 1,800 Bengali 1,800 - - - - -
 Yenadi 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
  Totals:  340 2,389,000   314 1,775,000 84,000 800 442,000 6,100 81,000
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