Country:

India

Province / State: Jharkhand
District: Jamtara

Number of People Groups

246

Unreached People Groups

233

Total Population

916,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

70.8 %

Muslim

19.8 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

8.5 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Abdul 50 Urdu ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Aguri 70 Bengali 70 - - - - -
 Amat 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Ansari 63,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 63,000 - - - -
Asur Unknown Asuri - - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Bengali ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Bengali ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Baiti Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Bajikar (Muslim traditions) 30 Bengali ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 80 Kannada ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 60 Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - 60
 Bania Kasarwani 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Bania Porwal 100 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - 60
 Bania Rauniar 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Bania Sinduria 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 3,800 Hindi ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - 500
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bantar Unknown Maithili ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Baori Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bathudi 30 Odia ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bauri 32,000 Bengali 32,000 - - 100 100 -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Bhar 90 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Bhoi Kharbind 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Bhoi Kharot 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bhoi Nikhad 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Bhumij 500 Bengali 300 - - - - 200
 Bind 700 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Birhor 20 Birhor 20 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 3,200 Bengali ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Bhumihar 4,700 Hindi ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 1,800 Hindi ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 15,000 Hindi ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - 100
Buna (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Bengali ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
 Chain 6,900 Bengali ☀︎ 6,900 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi 15,000 - 30 300 - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern - - - - - -
Chhimba (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Chik Baraik Unknown Sadri - - - - - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 50 Marathi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Christian 2,800 Hindi - - - 2,800 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Dhangri 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Dhanuk 6,100 Hindi ☀︎ 6,100 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Hindi ☀︎ 5,400 - 20 - - -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Dhobi Batham 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Dhobi Kanaujia 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Dhobi Kathiya 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Dhobi Mathuria 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Dhobi Parit 70 Marathi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Dhobi Sribastab 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Odia 14,000 - 30 200 - -
Dulia 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Faqir 20 Hindi ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Gandharb (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Gonrhi 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Gosain Dasnami 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Hadi 1,600 Bengali 1,600 - - - - -
 Hajam 9,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 9,100 - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 8,000 Hindi ☀︎ 8,000 - - - - -
Halwai Maira 3,900 Hindi ☀︎ 3,900 - - - - -
Hazra (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Ho 20 Ho - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - 30
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
 Jhalo Malo 1,300 Bengali 1,300 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Kadar 3,000 Hindi ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 1,300 Bengali ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Kalu 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kalwar Jaiswal 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 9,900 Hindi ☀︎ 9,900 - - - - -
 Kamar 200 Kamar ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kandra 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Kandu 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kaora 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Kapali 50 Bengali ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Karenga 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Karmali Unknown Maithili - - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 400 Marathi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 20 Kashmiri ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
 Kawar 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Hindi ☀︎ 4,600 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Khairwar 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Khandait 400 Odia ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Kharia Unknown Kharia - - - - - -
 Kharwar 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Khetauri 13,000 Hindi ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 50 Koch 50 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Kol 5,900 Hindi ☀︎ 5,800 20 - - - 200
Konai 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Kori 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Kumhar Bardiha 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Kumhar Kanaujia 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Kumhar Mathuria 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi Mahato 900 Bengali ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Laheri (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 80 Urdu ☀︎ - 80 - - - -
 Lingayat 20 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 20
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
Lohara 100 Sadri 100 - - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Maghaiya 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Mahishya 16,000 Bengali 16,000 - - - - -
 Mahli 8,400 Marathi 7,800 20 - 30 - 600
 Majhwar 50 Hindi 50 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Mali Bhagirathi 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Malto 5,700 Mal Paharia 5,400 - - 20 - 200
Markande 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Matia 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Mirzakhani 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Mishri 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Bengali 1,800 - - - - -
 Munda 50 Mundari 20 - - 20 - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
Nagar 90 Bengali ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 900 Bengali 900 - - - - -
 Namassej (Muslim traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Oraon 500 Kurux 300 - - 200 - 20
 Paliya 30 Bengali ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Pan Unknown Odia - - - - - -
Parhaiya 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Parja unspecified 2,800 Odia 2,800 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Pasi Gujar 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Pinjara 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Poundra 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Pundari 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rai 200 Nepali 200 - - - - -
 Rajbansi 90 Bengali ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 8,300 Hindi ☀︎ 8,200 - - - - 100
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 90 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Rajput Jadon 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Raju 60 Bengali ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Rajwar 2,800 Hindi 2,800 - - - - -
Rajwar Nagbansi 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rajwar Rajbhar 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rautia 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi 3,000 - - 20 - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Sahariya 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 241,000 Santhali 161,000 600 30 2,200 200 76,000
 Saora unspecified 60 Odia 40 - - - - 20
Sauria Paharia 90 Mal Paharia 90 - - - - -
 Sayyid 7,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 7,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 2,700 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,700 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 5,400 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,400 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 88,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 88,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 900 Urdu ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 6,400 Bengali ☀︎ 6,400 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Hindi ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Tili 1,600 Bengali ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Tiyar 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Turaiha 90 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi 2,600 - - - - -
Valmiki (Christian traditions) 30 Hindi - - - 30 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 66,000 Hindi ☀︎ 66,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Yadav Gaoli 18,000 Hindi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
  Totals:  246 916,000   233 649,000 181,000 100 6,100 600 78,000
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