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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 123
Population: 237,879,200
Unreached people groups: 117
UPG population: 237,465,100
Unengaged UPGs: 47
UUPG population: 3,653,600
Number of countries: 19
Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples
Overview: Bengalis are an Indo-Aryan ethnocultural community that originated in the Bengal region of South Asia. Bengali is the predominant language, but Bengali people speak a variety of local languages in the diaspora. Bengalis are a religiously diverse group; though Muslim in majority, there are significant Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian Bengali people groups.
Peoples within this cluster: Aguri; Aguru; Bagdi; Bagdi, Wagdi; Baida; Baidya, Hindu; Baishya; Bajandar; Banai; Baroi; Bauri; Behera; Bengali; Bengali, Hindu; Bengali, Muslim; Bengali, Muslim, Shia; Bengali, Muslim, Sufi; Bhuinmali; Bhutta; Buna, Hindu; Byadh; Chasadhobi; Chasot; Chejara; Chittagonian; Chunari; Dayare; Dhawa; Dhawad; Doai; Dulia; Garadi; Ghusuria; Guddi Eluguvallu; Haluadas; Kalu, Hindu; Kamar; Kaora; Kapali; Karenga; Kasar, Bengali; Kasar, Gujarati; Kasar, Hindi; Kasar, Hindu; Kasar, Magahi; Kasar, Odia; Kayamkhani; Khakar; Khalifa; Khandwal; Khavar; Konai; Kori; Kotal; Kotwal; Mahishya; Mandali; Mangnyar Muslim; Maria Muslim; Mir, Gujarati; Mirzakhani; Modak; Mujavir; Nayak Muslim; Nikari, Muslim; Paliya; Patni, Hindu; Phulari; Pod; Rajbansi, Hindu; Rajbhar; Rangpuri; Rohingya; Sadaru, Hindu; Sadgop; Saha; Sankara; Shabdakar; Sheikhzade; Shershabadia; Sishgar; Sondhia; Sudra Das; Sutradhar, Hindu; Sylheti Bengali, Hindu; Sylheti Bengali, Muslim; Tamboli, Bengali; Tamboli, Hindu; Tamboli, Magahi; Tamboli, Marathi; Tamboli, Muslim; Tamboli, Odia; Tamboli, Rajasthani; Tamboli, Telugu; Tanti, Hindu; Tili, Hindu; Vettalaikaran
Countries where they are found: Bangladesh; Canada; France; Germany; India; Italy; Kenya; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Oman; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States
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