Country:

Bangladesh

Province / State: Dhaka
District: All

Number of People Groups

226

Unreached People Groups

218

Total Population

56,828,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

8.0 %

Muslim

91.6 %

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 15,000 Bengali - 15,000 - - - -
 Aguri 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Ahmadi 2,300 Bengali - 2,300 - - - -
Anglo 2,100 Bengali 200 100 - 1,700 - 100
 Ansari 6,400 Bengali - 6,400 - - - -
 Badhai (Muslim traditions) 3,400 Bengali - 3,400 - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Bengali 18,000 - - - - -
 Baha'i 7,100 Bengali - - - - - 7,100
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Bengali 2,200 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Bengali 30,000 - - 90 - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Bengali 25,000 - - - - -
 Baiti 2,600 Bengali 2,600 - - - - -
 Bangali Muslim Moghal 15,000 Bengali - 15,000 - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 1,100 Bengali 1,100 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 2,700 Bengali 2,700 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 2,200 Bengali 2,200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 19,000 Bengali 19,000 - - - - -
 Barman 24,000 Bengali 22,000 100 - 200 - 1,700
 Barua 300 Chittagonian 300 - - - - -
 Bauri 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Bedia (Muslim traditions) 7,300 Bengali - 7,300 - - - -
Beg 1,400 Bengali - 1,400 - - - -
 Behara 6,900 Bengali - 6,900 - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Bengali 4,600 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim 48,112,000 Bengali - 48,112,000 - - - -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan 16,000 Bengali - 16,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 1,400 Bengali - 1,400 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan 53,000 Bengali - 53,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Sayyid 542,000 Bengali - 542,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Shaikh Siddiqi 8,300 Bengali - 8,300 - - - -
Besya (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Bengali 1,200 - - - - -
Besya (Muslim traditions) 6,000 Bengali - 6,000 - - - -
 Bhar 3,200 Bengali 3,200 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - - - -
 Bhuinhar 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 26,000 Bengali 26,000 - - 30 - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Bhumij 1,100 Sylheti 1,100 - - - - -
 Bihari (Muslim traditions) 390,000 Urdu - 390,000 - - - -
 Bind 2,500 Bengali 2,500 - - - - -
Biswas (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Biswas (Muslim traditions) 1,400 Bengali - 1,400 - - - -
 Brahmin Acharaj 1,400 Bengali 1,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Barna 4,200 Bengali 4,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 5,100 Bengali 5,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 21,000 Bengali 21,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 2,000 Bengali 2,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 105,000 Bengali 105,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Utkal 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 3,800 Bengali 3,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 16,000 Bengali 16,000 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 8,500 Bengali 8,500 - - - - -
 Burmese 11,000 Burmese - - 11,000 - - -
 Chain 2,000 Bengali 2,000 - - - - -
 Chakma 8,400 Chakma 400 - 6,900 1,100 - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Bengali 27,000 - - 600 - -
 Chik Baraik 70 Sylheti 70 - - - - -
 Christian 102,000 Bengali - - - 102,000 - -
Dai (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Bengali 2,200 - - - - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 59,000 Bengali - 59,000 - - - -
 Dalu 2,900 Bengali - 2,900 - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 8,000 Bengali - 8,000 - - - -
 Dhanuk 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 44,000 Bengali 44,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 6,200 Bengali - 6,200 - - - -
Dholi (Muslim traditions) 5,700 Sylheti - 5,700 - - - -
Doai 1,000 Bengali 1,000 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Chittagonian 2,600 - - - - -
 Dom (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Bengali - 1,000 - - - -
Dulia 5,600 Bengali 5,600 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Bengali 4,500 - - - - -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions) 600 Bengali - 600 - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 1,700 Bengali 1,700 - - - - -
 Faqir 2,300 Bengali - 2,300 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Bengali 1,000 - - - - -
Ganak 4,100 Bengali - 4,100 - - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) 90,000 Garo 300 500 - 89,000 - 300
Ghazi 37,000 Bengali - 37,000 - - - -
 Ghulam 1,000 Chittagonian - 1,000 - - - -
 Gonrhi 3,600 Bengali 3,600 - - - - -
 Gosain 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 20 Gurung 20 - - - - -
 Hadi 13,000 Bengali 13,000 - - - - -
 Hajam 184,000 Bengali - 184,000 - - - -
 Hajang 14,000 Hajong 14,000 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Bengali 17,000 - - - - -
Halwai Maira 4,200 Bengali 4,200 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 2,900 Chinese, Mandarin - - 1,700 - - 1,000
Jaraj (Muslim traditions) 29,000 Bengali - 29,000 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 900 Bengali - - - - 900 -
 Jhalo Malo 93,000 Bengali 93,000 - - 70 - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 80,000 Bengali 80,000 - - - - -
 Jogi (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Bengali - 1,300 - - - -
 Jola 415,000 Bengali - 415,000 - - - -
 Kachari Dimasa 2,600 Dimasa 2,600 - - 20 - -
Kadar 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
Kaghazi 300 Bengali - 300 - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Bengali 25,000 - - - - -
Kahar (Muslim traditions) 7,300 Bengali - 7,300 - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 69,000 Bengali 69,000 - - 30 - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 110,000 Bengali 109,000 - - 100 - -
 Kalu 72,000 Bengali - 72,000 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 40 Bengali 40 - - - - -
 Kandu 5,000 Bengali 5,000 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Kapali 68,000 Bengali 68,000 - - - - -
Karadar 4,200 Bengali - 4,200 - - - -
Karenga 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - - - -
 Kawar 2,900 Bengali 2,900 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 420,000 Bengali 419,000 - - 700 - -
 Kayastha Karan 63,000 Bengali 63,000 - - 100 - -
 Khairwar 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Khandait 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Kharia 100 Sylheti 100 - - - - -
 Kharwar 500 Sylheti 500 - - - - -
 Khasi 4,800 War-Jaintia - - - 4,700 - 40
 Kisan 200 Sylheti 200 - - - - -
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Koch 24,000 - - 200 - 300
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Bengali 2,300 - - - - -
 Kol 30 Bengali 30 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Kori 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) 77,000 Bengali 77,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 6,100 Bengali 6,100 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 1,600 Bengali - 1,600 - - - -
Lohait Kuri 300 Sylheti 300 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 54,000 Bengali 54,000 - - - - -
 Lohar (Muslim traditions) 9,100 Bengali - 9,100 - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Bengali 13,000 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 3,100 Bengali - 3,100 - - - -
 Magar 800 Bengali 700 - 90 - - -
 Mahanta 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Mahishya 167,000 Bengali 166,000 - - 1,400 - -
 Mahli 200 Mahali 200 - - - - -
 Majhwar 14,000 Bengali 11,000 2,700 - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 4,800 Bengali 4,800 - - - - -
Mal (Muslim traditions) 4,800 Bengali - 4,800 - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Sylheti 33,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 9,000 Bengali 9,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Muslim traditions) 6,400 Bengali - 6,400 - - - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Bengali 1,000 - - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions) 2,700 Bengali - 2,700 - - - -
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 20,000 Bengali - 20,000 - - - -
Mandala (Muslim traditions) 9,500 Bengali - 9,500 - - - -
 Marma (Magh) 1,800 Marma - - 1,700 90 - -
Masalchi 4,200 Bengali - 4,200 - - - -
 Matia 1,900 Bengali 1,900 - - - - -
Mir 16,000 Bengali - 16,000 - - - -
Mishri 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 53,000 Bengali 53,000 - - - - -
 Mru 1,700 Mru - - 1,700 70 - -
 Munda 2,700 Mundari 1,200 - - 90 - 1,300
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Bengali 6,300 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Muslim traditions) 8,200 Bengali - 8,200 - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Bengali 3,300 - - - - -
Nai Nabasakh 1,600 Bengali 1,600 - - - - -
Naliya (Muslim traditions) 1,900 Bengali - 1,900 - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 944,000 Bengali 938,000 - - 6,000 - -
 Namassej Chandel 793,000 Bengali 788,000 - - 5,300 - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Bengali 2,300 - - - - -
 Nat (Muslim traditions) 1,100 Bengali - 1,100 - - - -
 Newah 900 Nepali 900 - - 40 - -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 26,000 Bengali - 26,000 - - - -
 Oraon, Kurux 2,900 Kurux 1,100 - - 400 - 1,300
 Paliya 2,400 Bengali 2,400 - - - - -
 Pan 1,100 Bengali 1,100 - - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Bengali 2,500 - - - - -
 Pasi (Muslim traditions) 900 Bengali - 900 - - - -
 Patial 7,300 Bengali 7,300 - - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Sylheti 17,000 - - - - -
Patni (Muslim traditions) 3,500 Bengali - 3,500 - - - -
 Patwa (Muslim traditions) 2,300 Bengali - 2,300 - - - -
 Pinjara 18,000 Bengali - 18,000 - - - -
 Pod 2,500 Bengali 2,500 - - - - -
 Pundari 900 Bengali 900 - - - - -
 Qassab 14,000 Bengali - 14,000 - - - -
 Qazi 4,300 Bengali - 4,300 - - - -
 Rai 600 Bengali 200 - - 40 - 300
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 131,000 Bengali 129,000 - - 200 - 2,500
 Rajbansi (Muslim traditions) 600 Bengali - 600 - - - -
 Rajbhar 2,200 Bengali 2,200 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 7,200 Bengali 7,200 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 4,500 Bengali - 4,500 - - - -
 Rajwar 2,000 Bengali 2,000 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 2,300 Bengali - 2,300 - - - -
 Raute 1,100 Bengali 1,100 - - - - -
 Rautia 300 Sadri, Oraon 300 - - - - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 27,000 Bengali - 27,000 - - - -
 Sahariya 1,400 Bengali 1,400 - - - - -
Sankara 6,400 Bengali 6,400 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 23,000 Bengali 17,000 700 - 1,600 - 3,300
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 35,000 Bengali - 35,000 - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 2,800 Bengali - 2,800 - - - -
 Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 700 Sindhi - 700 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Bengali 2,400 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 207,000 Bengali 207,000 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 81,000 Bengali 81,000 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 68,000 Bengali 68,000 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions) 4,600 Bengali - 4,600 - - - -
 Sylhet (Muslim traditions) 1,751,000 Sylheti - 1,751,000 - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 85,000 Bengali 85,000 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 14,000 Bengali - 14,000 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 40,000 Bengali 40,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 57,000 Bengali 57,000 - - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Bengali 1,600 - - - - -
 Tili 14,000 Bengali 14,000 - - - - -
 Tipera 1,100 Kok Borok 1,000 - - 40 - -
 Tiyar 37,000 Bengali 37,000 - - - - -
 Turaiha 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Bengali 2,700 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 67,000 Bengali 67,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 37,000 Bengali 37,000 - - - - -
  Totals:  226 56,828,000   218 4,535,000 52,034,000 23,000 216,000 900 19,000



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