Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3 Flash: Bengali Sunni Muslims
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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 108
Population: 236,942,750
Unreached people groups: 100
UPG population: 236,475,400
Unengaged UPGs: 35
UUPG population: 2,689,100
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, Hindu; Baida; Baidya, Hindu; Baishya; Bajandar; Banai; Banik; Baroi; Bauri; Behera; Bengali; Bengali, Hindu; Bengali, Muslim; Bengali, Muslim, Shia; Bengali, Muslim, Sufi; Bhuinmali; Bhutta; Buna, Hindu; Byadh; Chasadhobi; Chasot; 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 (Magahi); Kasar (Odia); Kasar, Hindu; Khakar; Khalifa; Khandwal; Konai; Kori; Kotal; Kotwal; Mahishya; Mahisyadas; Mandali; Maria Muslim; Mirzakhani; Modak; Mujavir; Nayak Muslim; Nikari, Muslim; Paliya; Patni, Hindu; Pod; Rajbansi, Hindu; Rajbhar; Rangpuri; Rohingya; Sadaru, Hindu; Sadgop; Saha; Sankara; Shabdakar; Shershabadia; Sishgar; Sudra Das; Sutradhar, Hindu; Sylheti Bengali, Hindu; Sylheti Bengali, Muslim; 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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