Country:

India

Province / State: West Bengal
District: Birbhum

Number of People Groups

277

Unreached People Groups

259

Total Population

4,536,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

60.0 %

Muslim

39.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Abdul 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Aguri 10,000 Bengali 10,000 - - - - -
 Ahmadi 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Ansari 23,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 23,000 - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 301,000 Bengali ☀︎ 301,000 - 50 60 40 -
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 5,100 Bengali 5,100 - - - - -
 Baiga 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 54,000 Bengali ☀︎ 54,000 - - - - -
 Baiti 700 Marathi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 4,700 Hindi ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - 400
 Bania Agrahari 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 22,000 Bengali ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 90 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - 30
 Bania Kasarwani 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 500 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - 300
 Bania Porwal 500 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - 70
 Bania Rauniar 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 6,900 Bengali ☀︎ 6,900 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 49,000 Hindi ☀︎ 49,000 - - - - 900
 Baori 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Baul 2,100 Bengali ☀︎ 1,700 400 - - - -
 Bauri 105,000 Bengali 105,000 - - 60 30 -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - 30
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 4,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 4,800 - - - -
Bhalla 2,400 Bengali ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
 Bhar 800 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Bhaskar 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Bhotia 30 Nepali 30 - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 13,000 Bengali 13,000 - - - - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 3,600 Hindi 3,600 - - - - -
 Bhumij 60 Bengali 60 - - - - -
 Bind 30 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Birhor 300 Birhor 300 - - - - -
 Birjia 50 Munda 50 - - - - -
 Brahmin Acharya 7,700 Bengali ☀︎ 7,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Barna 3,300 Bengali ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhat 2,600 Bengali ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 5,000 Hindi ☀︎ 5,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gujarati 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 17,000 Hindi ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit Unknown Kashmiri ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maithili 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Brahmin Parikh 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Brahmin Purohit 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Brahmin Pushkarna 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 15,000 Bengali ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Srimali 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 99,000 Hindi ☀︎ 98,000 - - - - 200
 Brahmin Utkal 16,000 Bengali ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 14,000 Bengali ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 15,000 Bengali ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Vyas 90 Telugu ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Bengali ☀︎ 26,000 - - - - -
 Chain 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 179,000 Hindi 179,000 - 30 600 - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 60 -
 Chero 400 Hindi 400 30 - - - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Christian 2,000 Hindi - - - 2,000 - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 3,100 Bengali ☀︎ - 3,100 - - - -
 Darjee 20 Nepali 20 - - - - -
Dhangri 3,100 Hindi ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Dhanuk 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Dhimal 40 Maithili ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
Doai 2,600 Bengali ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 103,000 Odia 103,000 - - - - -
Dom Murdafarash 14,000 Odia ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
Dulia 12,000 Bengali ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Faqir 300 Hindi ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Gonrhi 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Gosain Dasnami 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Gurung Ghaleg Unknown Nepali - - - - - -
 Hadi 50,000 Bengali 50,000 - - - 20 -
 Hajam 1,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,100 - - - -
 Halalkhor (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 38,000 Hindi ☀︎ 38,000 - - - - -
Halwai Maira 2,700 Hindi ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin - - - - - -
Hazra (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Ho Unknown Ho - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Jhalo Malo 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 41,000 Bengali ☀︎ 41,000 - - - - -
 Kachari Dimasa Unknown Dimasa - - - - - -
Kadar 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Hindi ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 5,400 Bengali ☀︎ 5,400 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 8,800 Bengali ☀︎ 8,800 - - - - -
 Kalu 6,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 6,800 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Kami Unknown Nepali - - - - - -
Kandra 50 Odia 50 - - - - -
 Kandu 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kaora Unknown Bengali - - - - - -
 Kapali 6,200 Bengali ☀︎ 6,200 - - - - -
Karenga 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Marathi ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Kawar 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 37,000 Hindi ☀︎ 37,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 6,800 Bengali ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
 Khairwar 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - - - -
 Khandait Unknown Odia ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kharwar 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Khatik (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
Khetauri 2,100 Hindi ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 50 Koch 50 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Kol 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
Konai 61,000 Bengali ☀︎ 61,000 - - - - -
Konwar 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Kori 17,000 Hindi 17,000 - - - - 40
 Korwa 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
Kotal 800 Bengali ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Hindi ☀︎ 36,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kunui 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Kurariar Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Hindi ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - -
 Kurmi Mahato 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Let 2,600 Bengali ☀︎ - - - - - 2,600
 Lingayat 20 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 20
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
Lohara 200 Sadri 200 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Magar 80 Nepali 70 - - - - -
 Mahali 2,800 Bengali 2,700 - - - - 100
 Mahanta 30 Bengali ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 6,300 Marathi 6,200 - 70 - 20 -
 Mahishya 18,000 Bengali 18,000 - - - - -
 Mahli 400 Marathi 400 - - - - 50
 Mahratta Kunbi Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 143,000 Hindi ☀︎ 143,000 - - - 20 -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Hindi ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mallah (Muslim traditions) 2,200 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,200 - - - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Mallah Chain (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions) 900 Bengali ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Mallah Kewat (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 700 Gujarati ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Malto 2,900 Mal Paharia 2,900 20 - - - -
 Marma (Magh) 200 Rakhine 200 - - - - -
 Matia 6,300 Bengali ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
 Mech 100 Boro (India) 100 - - - - -
 Meitei unspecified 50 Meitei 50 - - - - -
Mir 2,700 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,700 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 71,000 Bengali 71,000 - - - - -
 Munda 300 Mundari 300 - - 20 - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Bengali 18,000 - - - - -
 Namassej (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 11,000 Bengali 11,000 - - - - -
 Newah 20 Nepali 20 - - - - -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 3,100 Bengali ☀︎ - 3,100 - - - -
 Oraon 5,500 Kurux 5,400 - - 30 - 40
 Paharia 20 Mal Paharia ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Paliya Unknown Bengali ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Pan Unknown Odia - - - - - -
Parhaiya 90 Hindi 80 - - - - -
 Parja unspecified 700 Odia 700 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 7,700 Urdu ☀︎ - 7,700 - - - -
Pashtun Beteli 5,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,800 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
Pashtun Guria 5,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,800 - - - -
Pashtun Jilan 5,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,800 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 5,200 Urdu ☀︎ - 5,200 - - - -
Pashtun Khalil 200 Hindi ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 5,400 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,400 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 2,400 Hindi ☀︎ - 2,400 - - - -
Pashtun Malagori (Mullagari) 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 2,300 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,300 - - - -
Pashtun Niazi 5,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,600 - - - -
Pashtun Sur 5,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,600 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 7,700 Urdu ☀︎ - 7,700 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 109,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 109,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Pasi (Muslim traditions) 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Pasi Gujar 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Patralu 200 Odia ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Persian Unknown Dari ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Poundra 28,000 Bengali 28,000 - - - - -
 Pundari 7,400 Bengali ☀︎ 7,400 - - - - -
 Qazi 5,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 5,800 - - - -
 Rabha 100 Assamese 100 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Bengali 16,000 - - 300 - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - 90
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 80 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 80 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Rajput Batsa 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Rajput Sandilya 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Raju 1,800 Bengali ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Rajwar 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi 3,600 - - - - -
 Rongkup 30 Lepcha 30 - - - - -
 Saini (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
Sankara 2,800 Bengali ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 233,000 Santhali 217,000 500 - 8,700 30 6,200
 Saora unspecified 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 1,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,500 - - - -
 Sarki 50 Nepali 50 - - - - -
 Sayyid 48,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 48,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 2,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 14,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 14,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 136,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 136,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 270,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 270,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 1,080,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,080,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 14,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 14,000 - - - -
 Sinhalese 30 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 30 - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - 20
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 37,000 Bengali 37,000 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 20,000 Bengali 20,000 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Bengali ☀︎ 27,000 - - - - -
 Tamang 20 Nepali 20 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 44,000 Bengali ☀︎ 44,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 81,000 Hindi ☀︎ 81,000 - - 60 - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Tibetan Unknown Tibetan, Central - - - - - -
 Tili 15,000 Bengali ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
 Tiyar 1,200 Bengali 1,200 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi 2,400 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 193,000 Hindi ☀︎ 193,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 151,000 Bengali ☀︎ 151,000 - - - - -
  Totals:  277 4,536,000   259 2,720,000 1,793,000 300 12,000 600 11,000
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