Country:

India

Province / State: Bihar
District: Purba Champaran

Number of People Groups

277

Unreached People Groups

268

Total Population

6,205,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

81.5 %

Muslim

18.4 %

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
 Abdul 2,200 Urdu - 2,200 - - - -
 Aghori 1,800 Hindi 1,800 - - - - -
 Ahmadi 100 Urdu - 100 - - - -
 Amat 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Ansari 193,000 Urdu - 193,000 - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 40 -
Asur 100 Asuri 90 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Hindi 21,000 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Baiga 20 Hindi - - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 37,000 Bengali 37,000 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
 Bania Agrahari 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Bania Kasarwani 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
Bania Rastaogi 50 Hindi 50 - - - - -
 Bania Rauniar 4,300 Hindi 4,300 - - - - -
 Bania Sinduria 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 13,000 Hindi 13,000 - - - - 200
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Bantar 80 Maithili 80 - - - - -
 Baori 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
Bardai 4,300 Bhojpuri 4,300 - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Hindi 6,200 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Kannada 1,500 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 2,300 Urdu - 2,300 - - - -
Bhand (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Bhand (Muslim traditions) 500 Urdu - 500 - - - -
 Bhar 26,000 Bhojpuri 26,000 - - - - -
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi 26,000 - - - - -
Bhathiara (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu - 100 - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Hindi 6,300 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Muslim traditions) 500 Urdu - 500 - - - -
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
 Bhumij 40 Bengali 40 - - - - -
 Bind 86,000 Bhojpuri 86,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Acharya 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Bhumihar 162,000 Hindi 162,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 13,000 Hindi 13,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Jijhotia 8,500 Hindi 8,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 3,900 Hindi 3,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Jyoti 1,400 Odia 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 20,000 Hindi 20,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 2,900 Hindi 2,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 1,000 Bengali 1,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Rikhisur 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 2,500 Hindi 2,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 25,000 Hindi 25,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 174,000 Hindi 174,000 - - - - 200
 Brahmin Utkal 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 1,400 Bengali 1,400 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Bengali 27,000 - - - - -
 Chain 2,500 Bengali 2,500 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 301,000 Hindi 295,000 - 600 4,700 - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Chaupal Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Chero 200 Hindi 100 20 - - - -
Chik (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu - 400 - - - -
 Christian 400 Hindi - - - 400 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 400 Marathi 400 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 12,000 Urdu - 12,000 - - - -
Darzi Sribastab (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Urdu - 1,000 - - - -
 Dhanuk 40,000 Hindi 40,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 57,000 Hindi 57,000 - 30 - - -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi 3,000 Hindi 3,000 - - - - -
Dhobi Batham 1,700 Hindi 1,700 - - - - -
 Dhobi Kanaujia 2,300 Hindi 2,300 - - - - -
Dhobi Kathiya 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
Dhobi Mathuria 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Dhobi Parit 1,300 Marathi 1,300 - - - - -
 Dhobi Sribastab 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Odia 15,000 - 20 - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 243,000 Hindi 243,000 - 60 - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 25,000 Hindi 25,000 - - - - -
 Faqir 300 Urdu 20 200 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi 20,000 - - - - -
 Gaddi (Muslim traditions) 11,000 Urdu - 11,000 - - - -
Gandharb (Hindu traditions) 50 Bhojpuri 50 - - - - -
 Gauda 40 Odia 40 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 9,300 Hindi 9,200 40 - - - -
 Gonrhi 101,000 Hindi 101,000 - - - - -
 Gorait Unknown Bengali - - - - - -
 Gosain Dasnami 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Hadi 7,200 Bengali 7,100 - 40 - - -
 Hajam 57,000 Urdu - 57,000 - - - -
 Halalkhor (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi 11,000 - - - - -
Halwai Maira 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin - - - - - -
 Hijda 400 Hindi - 400 - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 400 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Bengali 3,800 - - - - -
 Julaha 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Kabirpanthi Unknown Punjabi, Eastern - - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi 19,000 - - - - -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi 23,000 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 60 Bengali 60 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Telugu 2,600 - - - - -
 Kalu 11,000 Bengali - 11,000 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 90,000 Hindi 90,000 - - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
 Kalwar Jaiswal 17,000 Hindi 17,000 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 4,000 Hindi 4,000 - - - - -
 Kandu 218,000 Hindi 218,000 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
 Kaora 40 Bengali 40 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Marathi 1,200 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Unknown Kashmiri - - - - - -
 Kawar Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 70,000 Hindi 70,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 2,900 Bengali 2,900 - - - - -
 Khandait 90 Odia 90 - - - - -
 Kharia 200 Kharia 200 - - - - -
 Kharwar 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi 2,700 - - - - -
 Khoja 60 Gujarati - 60 - - - -
Khulant 1,300 Bhojpuri 1,300 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 376,000 Hindi 376,000 - - - - -
 Kol 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Kori Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) 66,000 Hindi 66,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Kumhar Bardiha 1,800 Hindi 1,800 - - - - -
 Kumhar Kanaujia 2,000 Hindi 2,000 - - - - -
Kumhar Mathuria 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
Kurariar 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 310,000 Hindi 310,000 - - - - -
 Laheri (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi 2,600 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 2,700 Urdu - 2,700 - - - -
 Lakhera 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 98,000 Hindi 98,000 - - - - -
 Lohar (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu - 400 - - - -
Lohra 100 Sadri 100 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 165,000 Hindi 165,000 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 90 Urdu - 90 - - - -
 Magar 500 Nepali 400 - 100 - - -
 Mahishya 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Mahli Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Majhi 60 Hindi 50 - - - - -
 Majhwar 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 196,000 Hindi 196,000 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi 14,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 183,000 Hindi 183,000 - - - - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi 13,000 - - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi 13,000 - - - - -
 Manihar 12,000 Urdu - 12,000 - - - -
 Meitei unspecified 30 Meitei 30 - - - - -
 Mirasi (Muslim traditions) 70 Urdu - 70 - - - -
Mirzakhani 90 Bengali - 90 - - - -
Mukeri 3,200 Urdu - 3,200 - - - -
 Munda 40 Mundari 40 - - - - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 85,000 Hindi 85,000 - 70 - - -
Nagar 3,100 Bengali 3,100 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 30 -
Nalband 400 Urdu - 400 - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi 2,400 - - - - -
 Newah 50 Nepali 50 - - - - -
 Oraon 1,000 Kurux 1,000 - - 20 - -
 Pashtun Afridi 400 Urdu - 400 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 300 Urdu - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 400 Urdu - 400 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 3,900 Urdu - 3,900 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi 13,000 - 40 - - -
 Pasi (Muslim traditions) 50 Urdu - 50 - - - -
Pasi Gujar 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 2,900 Hindi 2,900 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 2,900 Hindi 2,900 - - - - -
 Pawaria (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Urdu - 1,800 - - - -
 Persian 80 Dari - 80 - - - -
 Pinjara 58,000 Urdu - 58,000 - - - -
 Pod 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Qassab 1,500 Urdu - 1,500 - - - -
 Qazi 59,000 Urdu - 59,000 - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Bengali 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajbhar 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 194,000 Hindi 194,000 - - - - 100
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Urdu - 1,200 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
 Rajput Bachgoti 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Baghel (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 7,100 Hindi 7,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Bargujar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhadauria 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhale Sultan (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 6,100 Hindi 6,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 1,800 Hindi 1,800 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi 19,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Dikhit 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi 2,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 2,900 Hindi 2,900 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
 Rajput Jadon 3,300 Hindi 3,300 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Kachhwaha 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Katheriya 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 1,700 Hindi 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 8,500 Hindi 8,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 7,600 Hindi 7,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 1,700 Hindi 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Raju 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Rajwar 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Marathi 1,900 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Urdu - 1,000 - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi 15,000 - 20 200 - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 18,000 Urdu - 18,000 - - - -
Saini (Muslim traditions) 50 Urdu - 50 - - - -
 Saini (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
Sangtarash (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 30 Santhali 20 - - - - -
 Sayyid 23,000 Urdu - 23,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 400 Urdu - 400 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 4,300 Urdu - 4,300 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 47,000 Urdu - 47,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 29,000 Bengali - 29,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 567,000 Urdu - 567,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 2,600 Urdu - 2,600 - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 900 Urdu - 900 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 39,000 Hindi 39,000 - - - - -
Sonar Ajudhyabansi 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
Sonar Barhaiya 1,600 Hindi 1,600 - - - - -
Sonar Chhatri 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
Sonar Deswali 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
Sonar Jathera 1,600 Hindi 1,600 - - - - -
Sonar Kammakala 1,600 Hindi 1,600 - - - - -
Sonar Magahiya 1,600 Hindi 1,600 - - - - -
Sonar Mair 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
Sonar Rastaogi 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi 30,000 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 5,500 Urdu - 5,500 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 100,000 Bengali 100,000 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 40 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 199,000 Hindi 199,000 - - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 4,200 Hindi 4,200 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
Thakuria 6,100 Bhojpuri - 6,100 - - - -
 Tharu Unknown Bhojpuri - - - - - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi 2,500 - - - - -
 Tili 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Turaiha 84,000 Bhojpuri 84,000 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
Valmiki (Christian traditions) 400 Hindi - - - 400 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Hindi 4,600 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 520,000 Hindi 520,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 13,000 Hindi 13,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gaoli 190,000 Hindi 190,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 6,400 Hindi 6,400 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 13,000 Hindi 13,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
  Totals:  277 6,205,000   268 5,055,000 1,141,000 1,000 5,800 700 500
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