Country:

India

Province / State: Uttar Pradesh
District: Sonbhadra

Number of People Groups

268

Unreached People Groups

264

Total Population

2,557,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

93.5 %

Muslim

5.6 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.5 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Agariya 20,000 30 - - - 100
 Ahar 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Aheria 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Ansari 25,000 Urdu - 25,000 - - - -
 Arakh 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 50 -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Hindi 4,700 - - - - -
Badhi (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Badhik 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Baghban (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
Bahelia (Muslim traditions) Unknown Urdu - - - - - -
 Baiga 36,000 Hindi 35,000 70 - - - 900
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Bengali 1,100 - - - - -
Bairagi (Muslim traditions) 60 Urdu - 60 - - - -
 Baiswar 18,000 Hindi 18,000 - - - - -
Bajania Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Balai (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Balti Unknown Balti - - - - - -
 Bangali (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 4,900 Hindi 4,700 - - - - 100
 Bania Agrahari 4,400 Hindi 4,400 - - - - -
 Bania Baranwal 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
Bania Dhusar 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Bania Kasarwani 5,000 Hindi 5,000 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
Bania Khandelwal 100 Hindi 90 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 1,800 Hindi 1,800 - - - - -
Bania Marwadi 60 Marwari (India) 60 - - - - -
Bania Mathur 80 Hindi 80 - - - - -
Bania Rastaogi 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Bania Rauniar 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
Bania Ummad 3,100 Hindi 3,000 - - - - 100
 Bania unspecified 25,000 Hindi 25,000 - - - - 500
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Bargunda 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Barwala (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Basor 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Hindi 3,000 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 20 Kannada 20 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 100 Urdu - 100 - - - -
Beriya (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Bhantu Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Bhar 3,500 Bhojpuri 3,500 - - - - -
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi 2,900 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi 1,600 - - - - -
Bhathiara (Muslim traditions) 600 Urdu - 600 - - - -
 Bhisti 40 Urdu - 40 - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 164,000 Hindi 164,000 - - - - -
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat 127,000 Hindi 127,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Nikhad 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Bhuinhar 19,000 Hindi 19,000 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 16,000 Hindi 16,000 40 - - - -
 Bhulia 400 Odia 400 - - - - -
 Bhuyiar 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Biar (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Hindi 34,000 - - - - -
 Bind 18,000 Bhojpuri 18,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern - - - - - -
 Brahmin Bhumihar 18,000 Hindi 18,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Chaube 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 11,000 Hindi 11,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 46,000 Hindi 46,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maha 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 3,200 Hindi 3,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 3,300 Hindi 3,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 89,000 Hindi 89,000 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 255,000 Hindi 249,000 - 1,800 3,300 - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 300 -
 Chero 93,000 Hindi 93,000 - - - - 200
 Chik (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Christian 600 Hindi - - - 600 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 3,300 Urdu - 3,300 - - - -
Darzi Kaithiya (Muslim traditions) 70 Urdu - 70 - - - -
Darzi Sribastab (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 22,000 Gujarati 22,000 - - - - -
Dhangri 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Dhanuk 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
Dharhi (Muslim traditions) 900 Urdu - 900 - - - -
 Dharkar 12,000 Hindi 12,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi 26,000 - 20 - 20 -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Urdu - 1,200 - - - -
 Dhobi Kanaujia 22,000 Hindi 22,000 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Odia 4,400 - - - - -
 Dom (Muslim traditions) Unknown Urdu - - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi 24,000 - 40 - - -
 Faqir 500 Urdu 90 400 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 60,000 Hindi 60,000 - - - - -
 Gadaria Nikhad 55,000 Hindi 55,000 - - - - -
 Gaddi (Muslim traditions) 300 Urdu - 300 - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Hindi 4,100 - - - - -
 Ghosi (Muslim traditions) 300 Urdu - 300 - - - -
 Gond Dhuriya 40,000 Duruwa 38,000 40 - - - 1,900
 Gond unspecified 171,000 Hindi 163,000 300 - - - 7,800
Goriya (Muslim traditions) 800 Urdu - 800 - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 3,300 Hindi 3,300 - - - - -
 Gual 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Hadi 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Hajam 3,600 Urdu - 3,600 - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Hindi 5,700 - - - - -
 Halwai (Muslim traditions) Unknown Urdu - - - - - -
 Hela 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Ilavan 40 Malayalam 40 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi 80 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 700 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 700 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Jogi (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu - 100 - - - -
Jogi Kanphata (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Kachhi (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi 14,000 - - - - -
Kahar (Muslim traditions) 40 Urdu - 40 - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi 12,000 - - - - -
 Kalwar Jaiswal 8,100 Hindi 8,100 - - - - -
 Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 50 -
 Kandu 8,600 Hindi 8,600 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Karwal 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Marathi 1,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 9,100 Hindi 9,100 - - - - -
Kayastha Saksena 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Kayastha Sribastab 8,300 Hindi 8,300 - - - - -
 Khairwar 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Kharwar 97,000 Hindi 97,000 100 - - 20 70
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Hindi 3,700 - - - - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 40,000 Hindi 40,000 - - - - -
 Kol 83,000 Hindi 83,000 - 40 - 40 -
 Kori 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
 Korwa 1,300 Telugu 1,300 - - - - -
Kotwal 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Hindi 21,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar Kanaujia 16,000 Hindi 16,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati 50 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 130,000 Hindi 130,000 - - - - -
 Labana (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Lakhera 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi 25,000 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 9,500 Hindi 9,500 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu - 100 - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Mahishya 60 Bengali 60 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 100 Marathi 100 - - - - -
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 50 -
 Majhwar 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 100 Malayalam - - - 100 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
Mali (Muslim traditions) Unknown Urdu - - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi 24,000 - - - - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Hindi 4,700 - - - - -
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi 17,000 - - - - -
 Manihar 1,300 Urdu - 1,300 - - - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Mazhabi (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern - - - - - -
 Merat (Muslim traditions) 300 Urdu - 300 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Murao (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 7,700 Hindi 7,700 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi 15,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 40 Bengali 40 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Nat (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Urdu - 1,300 - - - -
 Panika 28,000 Chhattisgarhi 28,000 50 - - - 200
 Panka 26,000 Hindi 26,000 - - - - -
Parhaiya 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 900 Urdu - 900 - - - -
Pashtun Dilazak 20 Urdu - 20 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 600 Urdu - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 600 Urdu - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 5,500 Urdu - 5,500 - - - -
Pashtun Mohammadzai Unknown Urdu - - - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 300 Urdu - 300 - - - -
Pashtun Rohilla 60 Urdu - 60 - - - -
Pashtun Tarin 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
Pashtun Wakakzai Unknown Urdu - - - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 3,800 Urdu - 3,800 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 12,000 Urdu - 12,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Hindi 3,000 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Patari 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi 2,000 - - - - -
 Patwa (Muslim traditions) 20 Urdu - 20 - - - -
 Pawaria (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Pinjara 7,300 Urdu - 7,300 - - - -
 Pod 60 Bengali 60 - - - - -
 Qassab 1,400 Urdu - 1,400 - - - -
 Qazi 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Rahmani (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu - 100 - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 30 Bengali 30 - - - - -
 Rajbhar 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
Raji Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi 33,000 - - 20 - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 700 Urdu - 700 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
 Rajput Bachgoti 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Baghel (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Bisen (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 1,500 Hindi 1,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions) 70 Urdu - 70 - - - -
 Rajput Dikhit 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 6,000 Hindi 6,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
 Rajput Kachhwaha 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Kinwar 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi 2,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Nau 90 Urdu - 90 - - - -
 Rajput Nikumbh 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
Rajput Rajkumar 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 2,000 Hindi 2,000 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Hindi 5,400 - 50 40 - -
 Rawat 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Urdu - 1,300 - - - -
 Sahariya 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 50 -
 Satnami 5,000 Hindi 4,900 - 50 20 - -
 Sayyid 4,700 Urdu - 4,700 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 300 Urdu - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 3,200 Urdu - 3,200 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 18,000 Bengali - 18,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 41,000 Urdu - 41,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 60 Urdu - 60 - - - -
 Silpkar (Hindu traditions) 20 Kumaoni 20 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Hindi 5,700 - - - - -
 Sonar (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern - - - - - -
Sonar Ajudhyabansi 4,800 Hindi 4,800 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 90 -
 Tawaif (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Tawaif (Muslim traditions) 60 Urdu - 60 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 32,000 Hindi 32,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Muslim traditions) 50 Urdu - 50 - - - -
 Tharu 60 Bhojpuri 30 - - 30 - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
 Tili 30 Bengali 30 - - - - -
 Turaiha 70 Bhojpuri 70 - - - - -
Valmiki (Christian traditions) 50 Hindi - - - 50 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi 2,200 - - - - -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) 800 Urdu - 800 - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 140,000 Hindi 140,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 43,000 Hindi 43,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 60 Bengali 60 - - - - -
  Totals:  268 2,557,000   264 2,392,000 144,000 2,100 4,400 1,800 12,000
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