Country:

India

Province / State: Odisha
District: Kalahandi

Number of People Groups

262

Unreached People Groups

244

Total Population

2,053,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.6 %

Hindu

98.9 %

Muslim

0.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Agariya 2,400 - - - - -
 Amat Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
Badaik Unknown Sadri ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Bagata Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Bengali ☀︎ 5,700 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,300 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - 400
 Bania Jaiswal 30 Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - 30
Bania Mahajan 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 200 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - 70
 Bania Oswal 200 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - 100
 Bania Porwal 100 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - 70
Bania Saraogi 20 Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - 20
 Bania unspecified 7,900 Hindi ☀︎ 7,100 - - - - 800
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 7,300 Lambadi 7,300 - - - - 20
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 400 Lambadi 400 - - - - -
Banka 22,000 Odia ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
 Bargunda 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Bariki 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Bathudi 20 Odia ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bauri 40 Bengali 40 - - - - -
 Bazigar (Hindu traditions) 70 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Kannada ☀︎ 3,600 - - - - -
Beldar Laria (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Bhandari 4,700 Odia ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Bhottada 51,000 Kuvi 51,000 20 - 30 - 50
 Bhuiya unspecified 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Bhulia 1,800 Odia ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Bhumij 40 Bengali 30 - - - - -
 Bhunjia 100 Bhunjia ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Binjhal 1,000 Odia ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Binjhia Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
Birhor 100 Birhor 100 - - - - -
 Boya 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 30 Bengali ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhagor 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Jijhotia 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 26,000 Hindi ☀︎ 26,000 - - - - 200
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Hindi 4,900 - 30 - - -
Cherua 200 Odia ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Chitara 90 Odia ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 400 Marathi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Christian 10,000 Hindi - - - 10,000 - -
 Dandasi Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Dewar 7,400 Odia ☀︎ 7,400 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 70 Gujarati ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Dharua 30 Duruwa 30 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 4,900 Hindi ☀︎ 4,900 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 269,000 Odia 269,000 - 70 400 - -
Dom Murdafarash 54,000 Odia ☀︎ 54,000 - - - - -
 Gadaba 800 Telugu 800 - - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Ganda 700 Odia 700 - - - - -
Gandhmali 70 Odia ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Gandia Odisha Unknown Koya - - - - - -
 Gauda 41,000 Odia ☀︎ 41,000 - - 300 - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 6,500 Hindi 6,500 - - - - -
 Ghosi (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Hindi ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
Godra Unknown Odia ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Gokha 40 Odia 40 - - - - -
Gond Dorla 14,000 Odia 14,000 - - - - 20
 Gond Rajgond 30,000 Gondi, Northern 30,000 20 - - - 50
 Gond unspecified 95,000 Hindi 94,000 60 40 30 20 100
 Gosain unspecified 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Guria 27,000 Odia ☀︎ 27,000 - - - - -
 Hadi 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Halba 800 Marathi 800 - - - - -
 Ho Unknown Ho - - - - - -
 Holar 4,200 Marathi 4,200 - - - - -
 Ilavan 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 300 -
 Jhalo Malo Unknown Bengali - - - - - -
 Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Kabirpanthi Unknown Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 70 Telugu ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Kalingi 8,300 Odia 8,300 - - - - -
 Kalu 20 Bengali ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Kamathi 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Kandha Gauda 300 Odia 300 - - - - -
Kandra 900 Odia 900 - - - - -
Kapewar 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 70 Telugu ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Karan 4,200 Odia 4,200 - - - - -
Karua Unknown Odia ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 700 Marathi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Kela (Hindu traditions) Unknown Odia ☀︎ - - - - - -
Khadala 300 Odia 300 - - - - -
 Khandait 3,700 Odia ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Kharia 600 Kharia 500 - - 50 - -
 Khati (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Kisan 40 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Kol Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Kolah Lohara 700 Odia 700 - - - - -
 Kolha 200 Ho 100 - - 20 - -
 Koli Mahadev 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 60 Marathi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Kolta 1,700 Odia 1,700 - - - - -
 Konda Dhora 1,600 Telugu 1,600 - - - - -
 Kori 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Korwa 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Koshti 14,000 Marathi ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
 Kotia Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Kui Dongria 47,000 Odia 47,000 60 - 300 - 100
 Kui Khond 213,000 Odia 211,000 300 - 1,200 30 500
Kui Kuvi 18,000 Odia 18,000 20 - 100 - 40
Kui Sitha 18,000 Odia 18,000 20 - 100 - 40
 Kuli Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Kumhar (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kumhar Magahia 1,300 Odia ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 41,000 Hindi ☀︎ 41,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Hindi ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
 Laheri (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) Unknown Bengali - - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 3,400 Marathi 3,400 - 20 - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 200 Marathi - - - 200 - -
Mahara 400 Odia ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Mahishya 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Mahli 300 Marathi 300 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 30 -
 Mahyavanshi 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 20 Malayalam - - - 20 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 63,000 Hindi ☀︎ 63,000 - - 200 - -
Mali Thanapati 4,600 Odia ☀︎ 4,600 - - - - -
Mandia Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Mangala 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Mangali 900 Odia ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Mankirdia 80 Odia 80 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Matia 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mazhabi (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
Mirdhas (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Odia 1,200 - - - - -
 Munda 4,600 Mundari 4,500 - - 40 - 20
 Munnur 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Hindi ☀︎ 5,200 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - - -
Nai Mathuria 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Nair 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
Naksia 90 Odia ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 80 Bengali 80 - - - - -
Omanatya Unknown Odia ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Oraon 100 Kurux 40 - - 70 - -
 Paharia 300 Mal Paharia ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Paik 89,000 Odia 89,000 - - - - -
Paik Rana 5,100 Odia 5,100 - - - - -
 Pan 400 Odia 400 - - - - -
 Panka 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Pantanti 40 Odia ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Parenga 300 Odia 300 - - - - -
 Parja Bonda 1,700 Odia 1,700 - - - - -
Parja Jodia 1,700 Odia 1,700 - - - - -
Parja Parenga 3,400 Odia 3,400 20 - - - -
Parja Pengo 6,300 Odia 6,300 30 - - - -
 Parja unspecified 21,000 Odia 21,000 100 - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Patial Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Poundra 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 30 Bengali 30 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Hindi ☀︎ 28,000 - - - - 200
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 90 -
 Rajput Baghel (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Dikhit 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Marathi ☀︎ 5,500 - - - - -
 Rathawa Unknown Rathawi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Razu 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Relli 80 Telugu 80 - - - - -
Rona 600 Odia 600 - - - - -
Sagarbanshi 600 Odia ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Saini (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Santal (Sawntal) 200 Santhali 200 - - - - -
 Saora unspecified 2,100 Odia 2,100 - - 30 - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Sayyid 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Shabar 54,000 Odia 54,000 40 - - - 60
 Shaikh Qureshi 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 100 Bengali ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 2,700 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,700 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Hindi ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - 30
 Sonar (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
Sounti Unknown Odia ☀︎ - - - - - -
Sudha 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Bengali 36,000 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 11,000 Bengali 11,000 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 20 Malayalam - - - 20 - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 50 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 54,000 Hindi ☀︎ 54,000 - - - 90 -
Tharua 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Tiyar 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
Vasudev 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Velama 14,000 Telugu ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 318,000 Hindi ☀︎ 318,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 18,000 Telugu ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 3,700 Hindi ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 147,000 Hindi ☀︎ 147,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Yenadi 50 Telugu 50 - - - - -
 Yerukula 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
  Totals:  262 2,053,000   244 2,030,000 5,700 200 13,000 800 3,000
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