• PEOPLE CLUSTER: ODIA

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QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 93

Population: 15,413,475

Unreached people groups: 86

UPG population: 11,951,575

Unengaged UPGs: 41

UUPG population: 429,575

Number of countries: 5


Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples

Overview: Odia is a major Indo-Aryan language of India, spoken in the states of Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. It is the state language of Odisha and the second official language of Jharkhand, with around 50 million speakers worldwide. The Odia people cluster encompasses numerous occupational castes that share the Odia language and the Hindu religion.

Peoples within this cluster: Aruva; Badu; Bagheti; Banka; Barika; Bariki; Bauti; Bavuri; Belama; Benita Odia; Bhandari; Bhuiya; Bhulia; Chaikwa; Chandala; Chandhai Maru; Chatarkheya; Cherua; Chuditya; Daityapati; Dammalia; Dandachatra Majhi; Dandasi; Dewar; Dhera; Dolapati; Doluva; Dura; Ganda; Ganrar; Ghantarghada; Ghogia; Girigiria; Godagali; Godra; Gokha, Hindu; Gudiya; Guna; Guria; Haddi; Hansia; Janughanta; Kachera, Bagheli; Kachera, Hindu; Kachera, Muslim; Kalingi; Kanda; Kapasia; Khadura; Khandait; Kobari; Kodalo; Kolta; Koraga; Kuliya; Kurunga; Kusta; Liari; Mahanta; Mahuria; Malia; Mangli; Naksia; Noliya; Orisi; Oriya; Paik; Pamidi; Pan; Panka, Oriya; Pap; Paroja; Patial; Patralu; Radhi; Ravulo; Relli; Rona; Rosa; Sabakhia; Sanei; Sanyasi; Sanyasi; Sindhuria; Siyal; Sonjhara; Sudha; Tanla; Thoria; Tulabhina; Ujia

Countries where they are found: Bangladesh; India; Myanmar; Nepal; United States


People groups: 93

Population: 15,413,475

Unreached people groups: 86

UPG population: 11,951,575

Unengaged UPGs: 41

UUPG population: 429,575

Number of countries: 5