Country:

India

Province / State: West Bengal
District: Purba Medinipur

Number of People Groups

355

Unreached People Groups

338

Total Population

6,626,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

86.7 %

Muslim

13.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) 200 Agariya 200 - - - - -
 Aguri 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Ahmadi 100 Urdu - 100 - - - -
 Ahom 90 Assamese 90 - - - - -
 Ansari 45,000 Urdu - 45,000 - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 40 -
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) 100 Assamese - 100 - - - -
Badaik 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 81,000 Bengali 80,000 - 60 200 - -
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 6,900 Bengali 6,900 - - - - -
 Baiga 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 235,000 Bengali 235,000 - - - - -
 Baiti 1,000 Marathi 1,000 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 20,000 Hindi 20,000 - - - - 200
 Bania Agrahari 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 8,700 Hindi 8,700 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 12,000 Bengali 12,000 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Bania Kasarwani 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
Bania Khandelwal 300 Hindi 200 - - - - 60
Bania Khatri 7,100 Bengali 7,100 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 1,700 Hindi 1,700 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 1,000 Hindi 900 - - - - 100
 Bania Porwal 1,700 Hindi 1,600 - - - - 40
 Bania Rauniar 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 15,000 Bengali 15,000 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 84,000 Hindi 84,000 - - - - 300
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Lambadi 22,000 - - - - -
 Bathudi 4,300 Odia 4,300 - - - - -
 Bauri 1,000 Bengali 1,000 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Behara 800 Bengali - 800 - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 22,000 Urdu - 22,000 - - - -
Bhakat 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Bhandari 800 Odia 800 - - - - -
 Bhar 400 Bhojpuri 400 - - - - -
Bhaskar 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi 15,000 - - - - -
 Bhogta 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Hindi 2,800 - - - - -
 Bhotia 100 Nepali 100 - - - - -
Bhottada 40 Kuvi 40 - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Bhumij 4,700 Bengali 4,700 - - - - -
 Bind 50 Bhojpuri 50 - - - - -
 Birjia Unknown Munda - - - - - -
 Boya 90 Telugu 90 - - - - -
 Brahmin (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Brahmin Acharaj 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Acharya 9,700 Bengali 9,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Barna 4,300 Bengali 4,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhat 3,100 Bengali 3,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Dakshini 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 15,000 Hindi 15,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gujarati 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 1,500 Hindi 1,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Jyoti 500 Odia 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 19,000 Hindi 19,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Madhyasreni 4,600 Bengali 4,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maha 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 400 Marathi 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maithili 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 100 Marathi 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Ojha 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 126,000 Bengali 126,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Rikhisur 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 1,700 Hindi 1,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 3,100 Hindi 3,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 278,000 Hindi 278,000 - - - - 100
 Brahmin Utkal 20,000 Bengali 20,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 18,000 Bengali 18,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 22,000 Bengali 22,000 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Burmese Unknown Burmese - - - - - -
 Chain 15,000 Bengali 15,000 - - 70 - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 8,300 Hindi 8,000 - 20 300 - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern - - - - - -
Chasadhobi 1,100 Bengali 1,100 - - - - -
 Chaupal 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Chik Baraik 20 Sadri - - - - - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 600 Marathi 600 - - - - -
 Christian 1,700 Hindi - - - 1,700 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali - 300 - - - -
 Darjee 30 Nepali 30 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 2,500 Urdu - 2,500 - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 58,000 Hindi 58,000 - - - - -
Doai 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 9,600 Odia 9,600 - - - - -
Dom Murdafarash 1,400 Odia 1,400 - - - - -
Dulia 38,000 Bengali 38,000 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 50 Hindi 50 - - - - -
 Faqir 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
 Ganda 300 Odia 300 - - - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) Unknown Garo - - - - - -
 Gauda 400 Odia 400 - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Ghosi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
Godra 50 Odia 50 - - - - -
 Gokha 1,300 Odia 1,300 - - - - -
 Gonrhi 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Gosain Dasnami 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Guria 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 200 Nepali 70 - 100 - - -
 Hadi 36,000 Bengali 36,000 - - - - -
 Hajam 2,900 Urdu - 2,900 - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi 27,000 - - - - -
Halwai Maira 2,100 Hindi 2,100 - - - - -
Hazra (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Ho 1,400 Ho 1,400 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Urdu - 1,300 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
 Jhalo Malo 70 Bengali 70 - - - - -
 Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 95,000 Bengali 95,000 - - - - -
 Kabirpanthi 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Kachari Dimasa 60 Dimasa 60 - - - - -
Kadar 7,700 Hindi 7,700 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 9,100 Hindi 9,100 - - - - -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 20,000 Bengali 20,000 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 26,000 Bengali 26,000 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 700 Telugu 700 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
 Kalingi 80 Odia 80 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Kalu 15,000 Bengali - 15,000 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Kalwar (Muslim traditions) 300 Urdu - 300 - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Muslim traditions) 70 Urdu - 70 - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 30 -
 Kami Unknown Nepali - - - - - -
Kandra 86,000 Odia 86,000 - - - - -
 Kandu 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Kaora 10,000 Bengali 10,000 - - - - -
 Kapali 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - - - -
 Kapariya 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
Karan 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
Karenga 10,000 Bengali 10,000 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Marathi 5,800 - - - - -
 Kawar 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 216,000 Hindi 216,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 9,500 Bengali 9,500 - - - - -
Khadala 13,000 Odia 13,000 - - - - -
 Khairwar 3,900 Bengali 3,900 - - - - -
 Khandait 25,000 Odia 25,000 - - - - -
 Kharia 15,000 Kharia 15,000 - - - - -
 Kharwar 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Kisan 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Koch (Hindu traditions) Unknown Koch - - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Hindi 10,000 - - - - -
 Kol 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 40 Marathi 40 - - - - -
 Kolta 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
Konai Unknown Bengali - - - - - -
 Konda Dhora 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
Konwar 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Kori 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Korwa 50 Telugu 50 - - - - -
Kotal 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) 157,000 Hindi 157,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Kumhar Magahia 12,000 Odia 12,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati 400 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 380,000 Hindi 380,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi Mahato 33,000 Bengali 33,000 - - - - -
 Labana (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Lingayat 20 Kannada - - - - - 20
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 2,300 Bengali 2,300 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
Lohra 30 Sadri 30 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu - 400 - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 600 Telugu 600 - - - - -
 Magar 100 Nepali 100 - - - - -
 Mahali 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Mahanta 17,000 Bengali 17,000 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 800 Marathi 800 - 20 - - -
 Mahishya 415,000 Bengali 413,000 - - 1,600 - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 100 Gujarati 100 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 200 Marathi 200 - - - - -
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
Mahuria 300 Odia 300 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 30 Gujarati 30 - - - - -
 Majhi 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Majhwar 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 900 Telugu 900 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi 24,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 28,000 Gujarati - 28,000 - - - -
 Mangala 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Marma (Magh) 30 Rakhine - - 20 - - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Matia 11,000 Bengali 11,000 - - - - -
 Mech Unknown Boro (India) - - - - - -
Mir 1,100 Bengali - 1,100 - - - -
Mirzakhani 500 Bengali - 500 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 31,000 Bengali 31,000 - - - - -
 Munda 1,700 Mundari 1,700 - - 20 - 40
Nagar 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi 80 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 155,000 Hindi 155,000 - - - - -
 Nair 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 94,000 Bengali 94,000 - - 500 20 -
 Namassej Chandel 50,000 Bengali 50,000 - - 300 - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Newah 2,000 Nepali 1,900 - 30 - - -
 Oraon 100 Kurux 70 - - 60 - -
Paik 70 Odia 70 - - - - -
 Paliya 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Pan 900 Odia 900 - - - - -
 Panika 7,100 Chhattisgarhi 7,100 - - - - -
 Parja unspecified 80 Odia 80 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 1,300 Urdu - 1,300 - - - -
Pashtun Beteli 1,000 Bengali - 1,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 300 Urdu - 300 - - - -
Pashtun Guria 1,000 Bengali - 1,000 - - - -
Pashtun Jilan 700 Bengali - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,200 Urdu - 1,200 - - - -
Pashtun Khalil 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 600 Urdu - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 500 Urdu - 500 - - - -
Pashtun Malagori (Mullagari) 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 500 Urdu - 500 - - - -
Pashtun Niazi 900 Bengali - 900 - - - -
Pashtun Sur 700 Bengali - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,800 Urdu - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 60,000 Urdu - 60,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Pasi (Muslim traditions) 700 Urdu - 700 - - - -
Pasi Turuk 70 Urdu - 70 - - - -
 Patial 60 Odia 60 - - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
Patralu 1,300 Odia 1,300 - - - - -
 Pinjara 15,000 Urdu - 15,000 - - - -
 Pod 179,000 Bengali 179,000 - - - - -
 Pundari 11,000 Bengali 11,000 - - - - -
Puran Bhaja 50 Panchpargania 50 - - - - -
Puran unspecified 70 Panchpargania 70 - - - - -
 Qazi 3,600 Urdu - 3,600 - - - -
 Rabha Unknown Assamese - - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 126,000 Bengali 126,000 - 20 600 - -
 Rajbhar 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 54,000 Hindi 54,000 - - - - 70
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Urdu - 1,000 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Bargujar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
Rajput Batsa 2,500 Bengali 2,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhadauria 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Hindi 3,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Dikhit 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Kachhwaha 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
Rajput Sandilya 2,100 Bengali 2,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 80 Hindi 80 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Raju 242,000 Bengali 242,000 - - - - -
 Rajwar 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 400 Marathi 400 - - - - -
 Rautia 7,100 Hindi 7,100 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Relli 70 Odia 70 - - - - -
 Rongkup Unknown Lepcha - - - - - -
Sagarbanshi 1,700 Odia 1,700 - - - - -
 Sahariya 50 Hindi 50 - - - - -
Sahi 300 Marathi 300 - - - - -
 Saini (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Samanthan 1,900 Odia 1,900 - - - - -
Sankara 8,000 Bengali 8,000 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 16,000 Santhali 16,000 50 - 100 - 300
 Saora unspecified 3,700 Odia 3,600 70 - - - -
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 700 Bengali - 700 - - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 30 -
 Sarki 40 Nepali 40 - - - - -
 Sayyid 39,000 Urdu - 39,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 1,100 Urdu - 1,100 - - - -
Shabar 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 4,600 Urdu - 4,600 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 46,000 Urdu - 46,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 42,000 Bengali - 42,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 521,000 Urdu - 521,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 2,900 Urdu - 2,900 - - - -
Siyalgir (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Bengali 1,100 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Hindi 29,000 - - - - 40
Sukli 15,000 Bengali 15,000 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Bengali 4,000 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 2,300 Bengali 2,300 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 43,000 Bengali 43,000 - - - - -
 Tamang 60 Nepali 50 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Hindi 34,000 - - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 364,000 Bengali 364,000 - - - - -
 Tanti (Muslim traditions) 2,500 Bengali - 2,500 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 40 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 227,000 Hindi 227,000 - - - - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
 Tili 106,000 Bengali 106,000 - - - - -
 Tiyar 61,000 Bengali 61,000 - - - - -
 Turaiha 800 Bhojpuri 800 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi 80 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 600 Telugu 600 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Vanniyan 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 1,200 Telugu 1,200 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 499,000 Hindi 499,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 3,900 Hindi 3,900 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 2,400 Hindi 2,400 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 4,300 Hindi 4,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 439,000 Bengali 439,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
  Totals:  355 6,626,000   338 5,748,000 871,000 400 5,500 800 1,300
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