Country:

India

Province / State: Arunachal Pradesh
District: All

Number of People Groups

244

Unreached People Groups

142

Total Population

1,438,000

Buddhist

11.8 %

Christian

30.8 %

Hindu

27.8 %

Muslim

1.8 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

27.4 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Abor 1,700 Adi 60 - - 200 - 1,400
 Adi 73,000 Adi 6,900 200 200 16,000 - 50,000
Adi Gallong 19,000 Adi, Galo 1,100 40 100 7,600 - 10,000
 Adi Minyong 26,000 Adi 1,200 - 40 4,600 - 20,000
 Adi Padam 15,000 Adi 1,700 50 - 4,400 - 8,400
Adi Pasi 3,300 Adi 300 - - 700 - 2,300
Adi Ramo 1,500 Adi - - 20 700 - 800
 Ahom 88,000 Assamese 81,000 - 4,500 2,100 - 200
 Aka 8,900 Hruso 3,200 - 100 3,000 - 2,500
 Angami 100 Naga, Angami - - - 100 - -
 Ansari 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Ao 200 Naga, Ao - - - 200 - -
 Arleng 1,200 Karbi 1,100 - - 20 - 20
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 60 -
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) 10,000 Assamese ☀︎ - 10,000 - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Bengali ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 30 Bengali 30 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - 90
Bania Brittal 200 Assamese ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 7,000 Hindi ☀︎ 6,700 - - - - 400
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Bauri 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Bhotia Sikkim 900 Sikkimese - - 900 - - -
 Bhuinhar Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Bhumij 2,000 Bengali 1,900 - - 40 - 20
 Bind 30 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) 31,000 Boro (India) 29,000 - 400 1,900 - -
 Bokar 5,000 Adi 70 40 20 3,400 - 1,500
Bori 3,600 Adi 40 30 - 2,900 - 700
 Boria Assam 600 Assamese ☀︎ 600 - - 50 - -
Brahmin Bengali 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Bhumihar 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 17,000 Hindi ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - 30
 Bru 1,000 Kok Borok 600 - 50 400 - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Burmese 5,700 Burmese - - 5,300 400 - -
 Chain 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Chakhesang 200 Naga, Chokri - - - 200 - -
 Chakma 8,300 Chakma 500 - 7,100 800 - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Charumba 1,100 Zakhring 30 - 900 80 - 40
 Chhetri 2,800 Nepali 2,500 - 300 - - -
 Chiru 20 Chiru 20 - - - - -
 Christian 8,500 Hindi - - - 8,500 - -
 Darjee 300 Nepali 300 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Deori 5,800 Deori 5,700 20 - 20 - 20
 Dhanuk 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Dholi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Digaru 1,200 Digaro-Mishmi 700 - - 100 - 300
 Drukpa 1,000 Dzongkha ☀︎ - - 1,000 - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Galong 87,000 Adi, Galo 3,500 300 200 24,000 - 59,000
 Gangte Unknown Gangte - - - - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) 700 Garo 300 - - 500 - -
 Gauda 200 Odia ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Gharti 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Gond Maria 50 Gondi, Northern 50 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 7,000 Hindi 6,500 - 40 500 - 40
 Gurung Ghaleg 1,300 Nepali 200 - 1,000 20 - -
 Hadi 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Hajang 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 20 Chinese, Mandarin - - 20 - - -
 Hira 80 Assamese ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Hmar 200 Hmar - - - 200 - -
 Ho 200 Ho 200 - - - - -
Hojai 100 Assamese 70 - 40 - - -
 Idu 8,700 Idu-Mishmi 6,600 20 90 900 - 1,100
 Ilavan 80 Malayalam ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Illemei Unknown Naga, Mao - - - - - -
 Jalkeot 100 Assamese 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 2,400 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 2,400 -
 Jhalo Malo 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Bengali ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Kachari Dimasa 1,400 Dimasa 1,100 - 200 200 - -
 Kachari Sonwal 16,000 Assamese 6,900 - 3,400 5,400 - -
 Kachin 34,000 Jingpho 300 - 34,000 200 - 20
 Kahha 90 Naga, Phom - - - 90 - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 4,400 Bengali ☀︎ 4,300 - - 60 - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Kami 1,700 Nepali 1,400 - 200 20 - -
 Kandu 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kaora 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Kapali 30 Bengali ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 50 Kashmiri ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Hindi ☀︎ 5,800 - - 20 - -
 Khairwar 500 Bengali 500 - - 20 - -
 Khamiyang 1,000 Assamese 20 - 1,000 20 - -
 Khampa Tibetan 1,000 Khamba - - 1,000 - - -
 Khampti 17,000 Adi 300 50 16,000 100 30 100
 Khandait 700 Odia ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Kharia 3,100 Kharia 3,100 - - 30 - -
 Khasi 500 Khasi 50 - - 400 - -
 Khowa 1,500 Bugun 70 - 800 300 - 400
 Kisan 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Konyak 100 Naga, Konyak - - - 100 - -
 Korku 700 Korku 700 - - - - -
 Korwa 1,500 Telugu 1,500 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
 Kui Khond 1,800 Odia 1,700 40 - 80 - 40
 Kuki Chin 1,000 Chin, Thado 500 - 300 300 - -
 Kuli Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 4,800 Hindi ☀︎ 4,800 - - - - -
Laju 1,800 Naga, Nocte 70 - - 1,800 - -
 Lisu Yobin 3,200 Naga, Nocte - - - 3,200 - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Lotha 800 Naga, Lotha - - - 800 - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Magar 3,000 Nepali 2,400 - 500 100 - -
Mahara 100 Odia ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mahishya 10,000 Bengali 10,000 - - 40 - -
 Mahli 100 Marathi 100 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 70 Marathi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Majhi 200 Hindi 100 - 30 30 - -
 Majhwar 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 100 Malayalam - - - 100 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Malto 50 Mal Paharia 40 - - - - -
 Matia 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mech 1,400 Boro (India) 1,000 - 100 200 - -
 Meitei unspecified 1,600 Meitei 1,600 - - - - -
 Miji 8,800 Miju-Mishmi 1,200 80 900 3,700 - 2,900
 Miju Mishmi 6,700 Miju-Mishmi 3,900 20 20 100 - 2,600
Millang 4,400 Adi 200 40 - 1,600 - 2,600
Miniyong 8,500 Adi 200 20 - 1,700 - 6,600
 Miri 8,300 Mising 5,000 50 80 1,300 - 1,800
 Mishmi 23,000 Digaro-Mishmi 4,500 100 900 1,000 - 16,000
 Mizo 700 Mizo 20 - 20 700 - -
Mizo Lushai 300 Mizo - - - 300 - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Momba 4,900 Sartang 30 40 4,700 40 - 70
 Monpa 44,000 Monpa, Tawang 300 60 42,000 400 - 200
 Monpa Dirang 7,700 Tshangla 50 20 7,600 60 - 20
 Monpa Kalaktang 1,500 Monpa, Kalaktang 600 - 800 90 - -
 Monpa Lish 2,400 Lish 20 - 2,400 - - -
 Monpa Tawang 7,700 Monpa, Tawang 40 - 7,600 30 - 20
 Munda 16,000 Mundari 14,000 - 200 1,900 - 50
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 30 Tamil - - - 30 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 40 Tamil ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Naga 6,100 Nagamese 300 50 40 2,600 - 3,100
 Naga Tangkhul 70 Naga, Tangkhul (India) - - - 60 - -
 Nair 90 Malayalam 90 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Bengali 2,700 - - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Newah 1,400 Nepali 1,100 - 200 - - -
Nishang 3,200 Nyishi 400 20 - 2,100 - 600
 Nissi 34,000 Nyishi 2,200 200 100 21,000 40 10,000
Nocte 41,000 Naga, Nocte 9,600 100 100 26,000 - 4,900
 Nyishi 269,000 Nyishi 16,000 1,400 500 169,000 70 82,000
 Oraon 11,000 Kurux 9,900 - 100 800 - 40
Padam 3,400 Adi 400 50 90 1,200 - 1,700
Pailibo 1,300 Nyishi - - - 900 - 400
 Paite (Christian traditions) 70 Chin, Paite - - - 50 - -
Paite Simte 40 Simte - - - 30 - -
 Paliya 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Pan 700 Odia 700 - - - - -
 Parja unspecified 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 70 Urdu ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
Pasi 1,100 Adi 20 - - 100 - 1,000
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Pochury 40 Naga, Pochuri - - - 40 - -
Poi 100 Mizo - - - 100 - -
 Poundra 5,900 Bengali 5,800 - - 20 - -
 Puroik 4,700 Puroik 300 - - 2,100 - 2,300
 Rabha 3,900 Assamese 3,300 - 100 400 - 50
 Rai 1,200 Nepali 500 - - 100 - 500
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Bengali 9,300 - 60 300 - 300
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Hindi ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 500 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 500 -
 Raju 400 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - 30 - -
Ralte 80 Mizo - - - 80 - -
 Rengma 20 Naga, Southern Rengma - - - 20 - -
 Rongkup 200 Lepcha - - 200 - - -
 Rongmei 50 Naga, Inpui - - - 50 - -
 Sangtam 100 Naga, Sangtam - - - 100 - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 7,600 Santhali 5,400 - 100 900 - 1,100
 Saora unspecified 2,100 Odia 2,000 - - 200 - -
 Sarki 100 Nepali 100 - - - - -
Sartang 3,700 Sartang 20 - 3,600 60 - 20
 Sayyid 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Sema 200 Naga, Sumi - - - 200 - -
 Shaikh unspecified 12,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 12,000 - - - -
 Sherdukpen 3,700 Sherdukpen 30 - 3,600 30 - 30
 Sherpa 300 Nepali 20 - 300 - - -
Simong 3,000 Adi 50 20 - 1,100 - 1,500
 Singpho 6,100 Singpho 100 - 5,800 100 - 20
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - 20 - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Sunuwar 900 Nepali 900 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
Tagin 67,000 Tagin 9,600 200 300 7,900 - 49,000
 Tai Man 200 Phake - - 200 - - -
 Tamang 6,000 Nepali 1,700 - 4,000 400 - -
Tangsa 17,000 Naga, Tangshang 2,000 200 500 10,000 - 3,500
Tangsa Haisa 1,100 Adi 200 - - 500 - 500
Tangsa Kemsing 1,400 Naga, Tangshang 50 - 30 1,300 - -
Tangsa Longchang 3,400 Naga, Tangshang 200 - 30 800 - 2,400
Tangsa Moglum 2,800 Naga, Tangshang 800 - 40 600 - 1,400
Tangsa Mossang 4,200 Naga, Tangshang 200 - 30 3,900 - 100
Tangsa Roerah 1,600 Naga, Tangshang 30 - 80 1,500 - -
Tangsa Taisen 1,200 Naga, Tangshang 300 - - 400 - 600
 Tangsa Tikhak 2,500 Naga, Tangshang 30 - 1,900 500 - -
Tangsa Yougli 1,100 Naga, Tangshang - - - 800 - 300
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Bengali ☀︎ 5,500 - - - - -
 Tanu 47,000 Apatani 2,700 100 70 10,000 - 34,000
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Thakuri 600 Nepali 400 - 100 - - -
 Tharu 2,600 Bhojpuri 2,500 - - 80 - -
 Tili 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Tipera 90 Kok Borok 90 - - - - -
 Tiwa 2,000 Assamese 1,300 - 200 500 - -
 Turaiha 20 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
Tutcha Nocte 1,100 Naga, Wancho 300 - - 700 - 200
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Vaniyan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Vanniyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Wancho 68,000 Naga, Wancho 6,200 300 200 61,000 - 600
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Hindi ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Yakthumba, Limbu 800 Nepali 400 - - 20 - 400
 Yimchungra 90 Naga, Yimchungru - - - 90 - -
 Zeliang 100 Naga, Zeme - - - 100 - -
  Totals:  244 1,438,000   142 400,000 26,000 170,000 443,000 3,200 395,000
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