Country:

India

Province / State: Jharkhand
District: Dumka

Major People Groups

267

Major Unreached People Groups

252

Total Population

1,545,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

6.0 %

Hindu

80.1 %

Muslim

8.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

5.6 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Abdul 20 Urdu Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
 Aguri 90 Bengali Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Amat 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Anglo 50 English Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Ansari 52,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 52,000 - - - -
Asur 60 Asuri Progress Gauge 20 - - - - 30
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 6,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Baiti 70 Marathi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Bajikar (Muslim traditions) 20 Bengali Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Bania Agrahari 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 500 Bengali Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 20 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - 20
 Bania Kasarwani 80 Hindi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 1,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - 20
 Bania Porwal 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - 20
 Bania Rauniar 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Bania Sinduria 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 7,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,000 - - 20 - 100
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Baori Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Bauri 8,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - 50 -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Bhand (Muslim traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bhar 100 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Ghogra 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bhoi Kharbind 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Bhoi Kharot 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Bhoi Nikhad 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bhotia Unknown Nepali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 6,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,700 - - - - -
 Bhumij 900 Bengali Progress Gauge 700 - - 100 - 200
 Bind 1,000 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 11,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Bhumihar 7,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 700 Bengali Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Chain 10,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 22,000 - 90 600 - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Chero 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Chhimba (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Chik Baraik Unknown Sadri Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 50 Marathi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Christian 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 2,400 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Dhangri 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Dhanuk 8,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,900 - - - - -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Dhobi Batham 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Dhobi Kanaujia 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Dhobi Kathiya 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Dhobi Mathuria 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Dhobi Parit 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Dhobi Sribastab 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Odia Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
Dom (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Dulia 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Faqir 20 Hindi Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Gandharb (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Gonrhi 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Gosain Dasnami 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Hadi 2,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Hajam 14,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 14,000 - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Halwai Maira 6,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,400 - - - - -
Hazra (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Ho Unknown Ho Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Ilavan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 40 -
 Jhalo Malo 1,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Kadar 4,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 700 Bengali Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 1,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Kalu 300 Bengali Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kalwar Jaiswal 3,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Kamar 300 Kamar Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Kandra 100 Odia Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kandu 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Kaora 800 Bengali Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Kapali 70 Bengali Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Karenga 300 Bengali Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Karmali Unknown Maithili Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 500 Marathi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 40 Kashmiri Progress Gauge - 40 - - - -
 Kawar 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 7,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 1,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Kayastha Mathur 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Khairwar 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Khandait 600 Odia Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Kharia 40 Kharia Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Kharwar 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
Khetauri 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Kisan 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 30 Koch Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Kol 6,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - - 200 - 600
Konai 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kori 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Kotal 30 Bengali Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kumhar Bardiha 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Kumhar Kanaujia 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Kumhar Mathuria 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi Mahato 2,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Laheri (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 30 Urdu Progress Gauge - 30 - - - -
 Lingayat 30 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 30
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
Lohara 2,000 Sadri Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - 30
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Maghaiya 80 Hindi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Mahishya 26,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
 Mahli 15,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - 2,700 - 1,100
 Majhwar 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 6,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Malto 45,000 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 42,000 80 - 1,600 - 500
Markande 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Matia 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Mirzakhani Unknown Bengali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Mishri 300 Bengali Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Munda 100 Mundari Progress Gauge 70 - - 60 - -
 Munnur 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Nagar 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 4,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
Nai Mathuria 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Namassej (Muslim traditions) 90 Bengali Progress Gauge - 90 - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 700 Bengali Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Oraon 500 Kurux Progress Gauge 200 - - 200 - 30
 Paliya 50 Bengali Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Pan 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Parhaiya 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Parja unspecified 4,500 Odia Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Pasi Gujar 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Pinjara 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Poundra 70 Bengali Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Pundari 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rai 300 Nepali Progress Gauge 200 - - 20 - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Rajbansi 70 Bengali Progress Gauge - 70 - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 900 Bengali Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 20 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 80 Hindi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Jadon 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Raju 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Rajwar 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
Rajwar Nagbansi 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rajwar Rajbhar 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rautia 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,400 - - 100 - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 20 Urdu Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
 Sahariya 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 600,000 Santhali Progress Gauge 430,000 1,200 200 85,000 100 84,000
 Saora unspecified 200 Odia Progress Gauge 100 - - 30 - 60
Sauria Paharia 60 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Sayyid 4,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,800 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 6,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 6,100 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 5,600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 5,600 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 39,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 39,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Sinhalese Unknown Sinhala Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Sonar Ajudhyabansi 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Sonar Chhatri 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Sonar Mair 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Sonar Rastaogi 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 800 Bengali Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 9,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 9,800 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 60,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 60,000 - - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Tili 2,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Tiyar 500 Bengali Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Turaiha 100 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Valmiki (Christian traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 121,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 121,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Gaoli 36,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
  Totals:  267 1,545,000   252 1,238,000 127,000 300 93,000 300 87,000
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