Country:

India

Province / State: Assam
District: Kamrup Metropolitan

Number of People Groups

185

Unreached People Groups

142

Total Population

1,443,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

1.4 %

Hindu

86.3 %

Muslim

10.8 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

1.0 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Ahom 43,000 Assamese 43,000 - - - - -
 Angami 90 Naga, Angami - - - 90 - -
 Ao 100 Naga, Ao - - - 100 - -
 Arleng 1,800 Karbi 1,300 - - 500 - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 60 -
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) 53,000 Assamese ☀︎ - 53,000 - - - -
Asur 500 Asuri 500 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Hindi ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 5,800 Hindi ☀︎ 5,700 - - - - 90
 Bania Agrahari 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 2,000 Hindi ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Bania Brittal 3,800 Assamese ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 2,100 Hindi ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - 30
 Bania Gandha Banik 3,700 Bengali ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Bania Kasarwani 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 2,500 Hindi ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 2,700 Hindi ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 2,700 Hindi ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - 200
 Bania Porwal 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - 60
 Bania Rauniar 2,700 Hindi ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 90,000 Hindi ☀︎ 83,000 - - - - 6,500
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 100 Lambadi 100 - - - - -
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Hindi ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - -
 Barman Unknown Dimasa - - - - - -
 Bauri 1,200 Bengali 1,200 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 5,000 Bengali 5,000 - - - - -
 Bhumij 8,700 Bengali 8,600 - - 100 - -
Birhor 1,900 Birhor 1,900 - - 50 - -
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) 38,000 Boro (India) 37,000 200 - 600 - 50
 Boria Assam 1,600 Assamese ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Ganak 12,000 Assamese ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 8,100 Hindi ☀︎ 8,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 2,700 Hindi ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 2,700 Hindi ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 13,000 Bengali ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 2,800 Hindi ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 85,000 Hindi ☀︎ 84,000 - - - - 1,300
 Brahmin Utkal 2,800 Bengali ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 2,700 Bengali ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 2,900 Bengali ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
 Chakhesang 80 Naga, Chokri - - - 80 - -
 Chakma Unknown Chakma - - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Hindi 2,800 - - - - -
 Chepang 70 Nepali ☀︎ 20 - 50 - - -
 Chero 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
 Chhetri 10,000 Nepali 10,000 - 60 - - -
 Chik Baraik 900 Sadri 900 - - - - -
 Christian 6,700 Hindi - - - 6,700 - -
 Darjee 1,900 Nepali 1,800 - 30 - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Deori 1,500 Deori 1,500 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Dholi (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Drukpa 40 Dzongkha ☀︎ - - 40 - - -
 Dura 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Gangai 90 Nepali ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) 6,500 Garo 900 50 - 5,500 - -
 Gauda 70 Odia ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Gharti 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Goanese 50 Konkani, Goan - - - 50 - -
 Gond Maria 700 Gondi, Northern 700 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 16,000 Hindi 15,000 - - 600 - 500
 Gurung Ghaleg 700 Nepali 200 - 500 - - -
 Hadi 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Hajam 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Hajang 1,000 Bengali 1,000 - - - - -
 Hira 4,300 Assamese ☀︎ 4,300 - - - - -
Hojai Unknown Assamese - - - - - -
 Jalkeot 2,100 Assamese 2,100 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 2,900 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 2,900 -
 Jhalo Malo 4,800 Bengali 4,800 - - - - -
 Kachari Dimasa 700 Dimasa 600 - - 20 - -
 Kachari Sonwal 9,100 Assamese 8,900 30 - 100 - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 5,400 Bengali ☀︎ 5,400 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 25,000 Bengali ☀︎ 25,000 - - - - -
 Kami 500 Nepali 400 - 100 - - -
 Kapu unspecified 40 Telugu ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 42,000 Hindi ☀︎ 42,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 2,000 Bengali ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Khairwar 3,100 Bengali 3,100 - - - - -
 Khampti 20 Adi - - - - - -
 Khandait 200 Odia ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kharia 600 Kharia 600 - - - - -
 Khasi 1,600 Khasi 200 - - 1,400 - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 90 -
 Kol 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Kui Khond 400 Odia 400 - - - - -
 Kumal 200 Nepali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Lingayat 30 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 30
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - - - -
 Lotha 40 Naga, Lotha - - - 40 - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Magar 31,000 Nepali 31,000 - 300 100 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 60 Marathi 60 - - - - -
Mahara 90 Odia ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Mahishya 112,000 Bengali 112,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Majhwar 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
 Malto 100 Mal Paharia 100 - - - - -
 Mech 90 Boro (India) 80 - - - - -
 Meitei unspecified 2,800 Meitei 2,800 - - - - -
 Miri 2,600 Mising 2,500 - - 40 - -
 Mizo 90 Mizo - - - 90 - -
Mizo Lushai 70 Mizo - - - 70 - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Bengali 1,400 - - - - -
Mukha Dhora 600 Telugu 600 - - - - -
 Munda 34,000 Mundari 33,000 - - 900 - 400
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi 20,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 32,000 Hindi ☀︎ 32,000 - - - - -
 Nair 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Bengali 34,000 - - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 18,000 Bengali 18,000 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Newah 2,600 Nepali 2,500 - 200 - - -
 Nissi 200 Nyishi 200 - - - - -
 Oraon 35,000 Kurux 33,000 - - 1,200 - 300
 Pan 1,000 Odia 1,000 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Pochury Unknown Naga, Pochuri - - - - - -
 Poundra 21,000 Bengali 21,000 - - - - -
 Rabha 7,300 Assamese 7,200 20 - 70 - -
 Rai 2,000 Nepali 1,700 - - 100 - 200
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 32,000 Bengali 31,000 - - 100 - 400
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 78,000 Hindi ☀︎ 76,000 - - - - 1,300
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 600 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 600 -
Rajput Chandrabansi 3,600 Hindi ☀︎ 3,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Nagbansi 3,400 Hindi ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Sisodia 3,400 Hindi ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 4,100 Hindi ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - -
Ralte 60 Mizo - - - 60 - -
Ranabhat 1,400 Assamese ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Rengma 60 Naga, Southern Rengma - - - 60 - -
 Rongmei 50 Naga, Inpui - - - 50 - -
 Saloi 1,500 Assamese ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Sangtam 70 Naga, Sangtam - - - 70 - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 43,000 Santhali 39,000 - - 1,200 - 2,600
 Saora unspecified 7,400 Odia 7,400 - - 30 - -
 Sarki 500 Nepali 500 - - 20 - -
 Sayyid 6,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 6,400 - - - -
 Sema 50 Naga, Sumi - - - 50 - -
 Shaikh unspecified 96,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 96,000 - - - -
 Sherpa 100 Nepali - - 100 - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Bengali 11,000 - - 20 - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 900 Bengali 900 - - - - -
 Sunuwar 1,400 Nepali 1,400 - - 40 - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Bengali ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 70 Malayalam - - - 70 - -
 Tamang 1,300 Nepali 800 - 400 90 - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Bengali ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi ☀︎ 30,000 - - - - -
 Thakali 100 Nepali 100 - - - - -
 Thakuri 1,200 Nepali 1,200 - - - - -
 Thami 400 Nepali 400 - - - - -
 Tharu 2,600 Bhojpuri 2,500 - - 100 - -
 Tibetan 20 Tibetan, Central - - 20 - - -
 Tili 8,800 Bengali ☀︎ 8,800 - - - - -
 Tipera 200 Kok Borok 200 - - - - -
 Tiwa 8,300 Assamese 8,200 30 - 60 - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 57,000 Hindi ☀︎ 57,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 7,600 Bengali ☀︎ 7,600 - - - - -
 Yakthumba, Limbu 1,200 Nepali 800 - - 50 - 400
 Zeliang 50 Naga, Zeme - - - 50 - -
  Totals:  185 1,443,000   142 1,246,000 156,000 1,700 21,000 3,700 14,000
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