Country:

India

Province / State: Bihar
District: Banka

Number of People Groups

278

Unreached People Groups

270

Total Population

2,584,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

87.8 %

Muslim

11.9 %

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
 Abdul 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Aghori 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Ahmadi 20 Urdu ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
 Amat 9,600 Hindi ☀︎ 9,600 - - - - -
 Ansari 40,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 40,000 - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
Asur 70 Asuri 70 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
 Badhai (Muslim traditions) 6,900 Hindi ☀︎ - 6,900 - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 80 Bengali 80 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Bengali ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 70 Kannada ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Bania Agrahari 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Kasarwani 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 6,100 Bengali ☀︎ 6,100 - - - - -
 Bania Rauniar 4,500 Hindi ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
 Bania Sinduria 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bania Ummad 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 22,000 Hindi ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - 90
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Bantar 20 Maithili ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bauri Unknown Bengali - - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 8,300 Kannada ☀︎ 8,300 - - - - -
Beldar Laria (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Bhakat 60 Bengali ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Bhar 1,900 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Hindi ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 59,000 Hindi ☀︎ 59,000 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Muslim traditions) 700 Urdu ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
Bhoi Ghogra 3,400 Hindi ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Bhoi Kharbind 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
Bhoi Kharot 4,700 Hindi ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat 19,000 Hindi ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Nikhad 1,700 Hindi ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 4,700 Hindi 4,700 - - - - -
 Bhumij 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Bind 3,100 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Bhumihar 35,000 Hindi ☀︎ 35,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 4,100 Hindi ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Jijhotia 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 6,800 Hindi ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 2,800 Bengali ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 7,300 Hindi ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 87,000 Hindi ☀︎ 87,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Utkal 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Chain 3,100 Bengali ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 137,000 Hindi 136,000 - 60 1,200 - -
 Chaupal 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Chenna Dasar 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Christian 400 Hindi - - - 400 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Dhangri 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Dhanuk 119,000 Hindi ☀︎ 119,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 9,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 9,600 - - - -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Dhobi Batham 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Dhobi Kanaujia 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Dhobi Kathiya 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Dhobi Mathuria 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Dhobi Parit 600 Marathi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Dhobi Sribastab 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Odia 13,000 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 42,000 Hindi ☀︎ 42,000 - - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 15,000 Hindi ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
 Faqir 200 Hindi ☀︎ 20 200 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Hindi ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
 Gadaria Nikhad 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Gandharb (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Gonrhi 43,000 Hindi ☀︎ 43,000 - - - - -
 Gosain Dasnami 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Hadi 2,800 Bengali 2,800 - - - - -
 Hajam 4,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 4,100 - - - -
 Halalkhor (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
Halwai Maira 3,600 Hindi ☀︎ 3,600 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 60 -
 Jhalo Malo Unknown Bengali - - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Bengali ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Julaha 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Kabadi 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kadar 11,000 Hindi ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
Kahar (Muslim traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 900 Bengali ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Telugu ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 42,000 Hindi ☀︎ 42,000 - - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Kalwar Jaiswal 7,300 Hindi ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 10,000 Hindi ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
 Kandu 21,000 Hindi ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kaora 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Kapali 2,400 Bengali ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 900 Marathi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 4,700 Bengali ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
 Khairwar 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Kharia Unknown Kharia - - - - - -
 Kharwar 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Khatwa 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 114,000 Hindi ☀︎ 114,000 - - - - -
 Kol 4,800 Hindi ☀︎ 4,800 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Kori 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Kumhar Bardiha 4,000 Hindi ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar Kanaujia 4,700 Hindi ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
Kumhar Mathuria 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 31,000 Hindi ☀︎ 31,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kurariar 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 65,000 Hindi ☀︎ 65,000 - - - - -
 Laheri (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 2,900 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,900 - - - -
 Lakhera 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Hindi ☀︎ 29,000 - - - - -
 Lohar (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
Lohar Kamti 70 Maithili ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Lohara 50 Sadri 50 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 6,500 Hindi ☀︎ 6,500 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 60 Urdu ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
 Magar 800 Nepali 800 - - - - -
Maghaiya 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Mahishya 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Mahli 600 Marathi 600 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Majhwar 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 8,600 Hindi ☀︎ 8,600 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Hindi ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 9,000 Hindi ☀︎ 9,000 - - - - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 300 Gujarati ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Manihar 500 Hindi ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Markande 3,900 Hindi ☀︎ 3,900 - - - - -
Mir 100 Bengali ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Mirasi (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Mirzakhani 70 Bengali ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
Mishri 30 Bengali ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
Mukeri 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Munda Unknown Mundari - - - - - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi 22,000 - - - - -
Nagar 5,900 Bengali ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Hindi ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
Nai Mathuria 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 40 Bengali 40 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Newah Unknown Nepali - - - - - -
 Oraon 30 Kurux 20 - - - - -
Parhaiya Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Parja unspecified 6,800 Odia 6,800 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 700 Urdu ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun Bangash 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
Pashtun Durrani 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 300 Hindi ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Pashtun Rohilla 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 700 Urdu ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 9,500 Urdu ☀︎ - 9,500 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 6,600 Hindi ☀︎ 6,600 - - - - -
Pasi Gujar 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 1,700 Hindi ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 1,700 Hindi 1,700 - - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Patwa (Muslim traditions) 50 Urdu ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Pawaria (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Persian 70 Dari ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
 Pinjara 28,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 28,000 - - - -
 Poundra 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Qassab 300 Hindi ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Qazi 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Rahmani (Muslim traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Rajbhar 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 69,000 Hindi ☀︎ 69,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 50 -
 Rajput Bachgoti 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Baghel (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Bargujar (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhadauria 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhale Sultan (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 7,300 Hindi ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Dikhit 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Jadon 1,600 Hindi ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Kachhwaha 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Katheriya 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Hindi ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Hindi ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Raju 30 Bengali ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Rajwar 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Hindi 3,300 - - 20 - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 44,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 44,000 - - - -
 Sahariya 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Sahisia 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Sankara 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 79,000 Santhali 73,000 70 40 4,800 - 1,400
 Sayyid 17,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 17,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 1,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,600 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 2,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 20,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 20,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 12,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 12,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 96,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 96,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 1,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,400 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Hindi ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
Sonar Ajudhyabansi 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Sonar Barhaiya 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Sonar Chhatri 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Sonar Jathera 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Sonar Kammakala 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Sonar Magahiya 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 30 Bengali 30 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Hindi ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 93,000 Bengali ☀︎ 93,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 89,000 Hindi ☀︎ 89,000 - - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 49,000 Hindi ☀︎ 49,000 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Hindi ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
 Tili 55,000 Bengali ☀︎ 55,000 - - - - -
 Tiyar 4,800 Bengali 4,800 - - - - -
 Turaiha 50 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi 2,400 - - - - -
Valmiki (Christian traditions) 90 Hindi - - - 90 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 324,000 Hindi ☀︎ 324,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 8,100 Hindi ☀︎ 8,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Gaoli 146,000 Hindi ☀︎ 146,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 4,000 Hindi ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 8,100 Hindi ☀︎ 8,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
  Totals:  278 2,584,000   270 2,269,000 307,000 100 6,500 200 1,500
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