Country:

India

Province / State: Jharkhand
District: Godda

Number of People Groups

236

Unreached People Groups

225

Total Population

1,622,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.7 %

Hindu

72.0 %

Muslim

21.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

3.4 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Abdul 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Aguri 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Amat 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Ansari 100,000 Urdu - 100,000 - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 7,500 Hindi 7,500 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Bengali 3,600 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 4,300 Bengali 4,300 - - - - -
 Baiti 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
Bajikar (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali - 200 - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - - - -
 Bania Kasarwani 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 5,000 Bengali 5,000 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 20 Hindi - - - - - 20
 Bania Porwal 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Bania Rauniar 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Bania Sinduria 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 11,000 Hindi 11,000 - - - - 70
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Bathudi Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Bauri 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada 300 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 800 Urdu - 800 - - - -
 Bhar 100 Bhojpuri 100 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Hindi 4,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Kharot 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 9,000 Hindi 9,000 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 2,700 Hindi 2,700 - - - - -
 Bhumij 300 Bengali 200 - - 20 - 60
 Bind 1,200 Bhojpuri 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 6,400 Bengali 6,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Bhumihar 15,000 Hindi 15,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Jyoti 700 Odia 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 2,200 Hindi 2,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 900 Bengali 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 1,600 Hindi 1,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 31,000 Hindi 31,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Bengali 5,200 - - - - -
 Chain 12,000 Bengali 12,000 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 45,000 Hindi 45,000 - 70 50 - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Chero 100 Hindi 80 - - - - -
Chhimba (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Christian 2,100 Hindi - - - 2,100 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
Dhangri 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Dhanuk 11,000 Hindi 11,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Hindi 5,900 - - - - -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
Dhobi Batham 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Dhobi Kanaujia 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
Dhobi Kathiya 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
Dhobi Mathuria 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Dhobi Parit 300 Marathi 300 - - - - -
 Dhobi Sribastab 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Odia 15,000 - - - - -
Dulia 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi 20,000 - - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 2,900 Hindi 2,900 - - - - -
 Faqir 20 Urdu - 20 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
Gandharb (Hindu traditions) 90 Bhojpuri 90 - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
 Gonrhi 2,000 Hindi 2,000 - - - - -
 Gosain Dasnami 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 1,500 Hindi 1,500 - - - - -
 Hadi 2,700 Bengali 2,700 - - - - -
 Hajam 15,000 Urdu - 15,000 - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi 14,000 - - - - -
Halwai Maira 6,900 Hindi 6,900 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin - - - - - -
Hazra (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Ho Unknown Ho - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 30 -
 Jhalo Malo 2,400 Bengali 2,400 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - - - -
Kadar 5,300 Hindi 5,300 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi 24,000 - - - - -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi 2,400 - - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 2,200 Bengali 2,200 - - - - -
 Kalu 900 Bengali - 900 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi 24,000 - - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Kalwar Jaiswal 3,300 Hindi 3,300 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 18,000 Hindi 18,000 - - - - -
Kandra 90 Odia 90 - - - - -
 Kandu 2,100 Hindi 2,100 - - - - -
 Kaora 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Kapali 70 Bengali 70 - - - - -
Karenga 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 600 Marathi 600 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 20 Kashmiri - 20 - - - -
 Kawar 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 7,900 Hindi 7,900 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 1,700 Bengali 1,700 - - - - -
 Khairwar 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - - - -
 Khandait 400 Odia 400 - - - - -
 Kharia 50 Kharia 20 - - 20 - -
 Kharwar 100 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi 80 - - - - -
Khetauri 30,000 Hindi 30,000 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi 24,000 - - - - -
 Kol 1,000 Hindi 800 - - 200 - -
Konai 60 Bengali 60 - - - - -
 Kori 3,000 Hindi 3,000 - - - - -
Kotal 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) 42,000 Hindi 42,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar Bardiha 1,700 Hindi 1,700 - - - - -
 Kumhar Kanaujia 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
Kumhar Mathuria 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 41,000 Hindi 41,000 - - - - -
 Laheri (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 90 Urdu - 90 - - - -
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi 30,000 - - - - -
Lohra 5,300 Sadri 5,100 - - 70 - 100
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
Maghaiya 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Mahishya 15,000 Bengali 15,000 - - - - -
 Mahli 2,700 Marathi 1,600 - - 900 - 200
 Majhwar 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 8,000 Hindi 8,000 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi 2,200 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi 2,500 - - - - -
 Malto 19,000 Mal Paharia 16,000 200 - 2,700 - 500
Markande 2,400 Hindi 2,400 - - - - -
 Matia 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
Mirzakhani 200 Bengali - 200 - - - -
Mishri 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Bengali 4,700 - - - - -
 Munda 40 Mundari 20 - - 20 - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi 12,000 - - - - -
Nagar 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi 50 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 4,900 Hindi 4,900 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Bengali 1,800 - - - - -
 Namassej (Muslim traditions) 60 Bengali - 60 - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 1,000 Bengali 1,000 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Oraon 10,000 Kurux 5,900 20 - 400 - 3,900
 Paliya 40 Bengali 40 - - - - -
 Pan 60 Odia 60 - - - - -
Parhaiya 200 Hindi 100 - - - - 50
 Parja unspecified 4,700 Odia 4,700 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 400 Urdu - 400 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi 1,600 - - - - -
Pasi Gujar 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Pinjara 1,000 Urdu - 1,000 - - - -
 Pod 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Pundari 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Rai 300 Nepali 300 - - - - -
 Rajbansi 50 Bengali - 50 - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Bengali 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi 26,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 500 Urdu - 500 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Jadon 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 80 Hindi 80 - - - - -
 Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Raju 70 Bengali 70 - - - - -
 Rajwar 3,400 Hindi 3,400 - - - - -
Rajwar Nagbansi 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Rajwar Rajbhar 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Rautia 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 8,900 Hindi 8,900 - - - - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Sahariya 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 266,000 Santhali 183,000 800 40 33,000 - 50,000
 Saora unspecified 60 Odia 40 - - - - 20
Sauria Paharia 16,000 Mal Paharia 11,000 90 - 4,800 - 600
 Sayyid 10,000 Urdu - 10,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 700 Urdu - 700 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 1,800 Urdu - 1,800 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 21,000 Urdu - 21,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 25,000 Bengali - 25,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 172,000 Urdu - 172,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 1,900 Urdu - 1,900 - - - -
 Sinhalese Unknown Sinhala - - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Hindi 2,800 - - - - -
Sonar Deswali 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi 1,500 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Urdu - 1,000 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Bengali 11,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 75,000 Hindi 75,000 - - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Tili 1,800 Bengali 1,800 - - - - -
 Tiyar 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Turaiha 200 Bhojpuri 200 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi 1,700 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern - - - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 144,000 Hindi 144,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 2,600 Hindi 2,600 - - - - -
 Yadav Gaoli 39,000 Hindi 39,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 2,600 Hindi 2,600 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 1,400 Bengali 1,400 - - - - -
  Totals:  236 1,622,000   225 1,168,000 355,000 100 44,000 90 55,000
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