India, Meghalaya state, Khasi Hills, West district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Meghalaya
District:	Khasi Hills, West

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

303,000

Buddhist

0.4 %

Christian

96.0 %

Hindu

0.4 %

Muslim

0.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.9 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi	-1 Unknown	Adi	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Angami	90	Naga, Angami	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Anglo	100	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Assamese (Christian traditions)	500	Assamese	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	50	Assamese	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	30	Hindi	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Brittal	-1 Unknown	Assamese	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	60	Hindi	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	20	Bengali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	30	Urdu	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Tibetan	20	Sikkimese	0	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	80	Boro (India)	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	20	Burmese	1	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakma	800	Chakma	1	20	-1 -	70	600	-1 -	30
Chhetri	30	Nepali	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	500	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Deori	-1 Unknown	Deori	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	30	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	30	Odia	1	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	41,000	Garo	3	100	100	200	40,000	-1 -	200
Goanese	50	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	20	Nepali	2	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajang	400	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	200	30	-1 -	-1 -
Hmar	30	Hmar	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Illemei	50	Naga, Mao	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	-1 Unknown	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	600	Dimasa	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	20
Kachari Sonwal	80	Assamese	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	-1 Unknown	Bengali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	255,000	Khasi	3	200	500	600	248,000	-1 -	5,500
Koch (Hindu traditions)	40	Koch	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin	300	Chin, Thado	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	20
Lotha	40	Naga, Lotha	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	40	Nepali	2	20	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	20	Odia	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	40	Bengali	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	-1 Unknown	Mal Paharia	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	-1 Unknown	Boro (India)	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei unspecified	-1 Unknown	Meitei	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Miri	-1 Unknown	Mising	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naga Tangkhul	100	Naga, Tangkhul (India)	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nissi	-1 Unknown	Nyishi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	-1 Unknown	Kurux	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	40	Urdu	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	30	Bengali	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	70	Assamese	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	30	Nepali	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	30	Bengali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ranabhat	-1 Unknown	Assamese	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	20	Santhali	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Sayyid	50	Urdu	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sema	50	Naga, Sumi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Singpho	30	Singpho	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	30	Bengali	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	60	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Tamang	50	Nepali	2	20	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	-1 Unknown	Bhojpuri	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	20	Tibetan, Central	1	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	-1 Unknown	Bengali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	2,300	Kok Borok	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiwa	20	Assamese	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaiphei	100	Vaiphei	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	20	Nepali	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Totals: 73	303,000		43 ●	1,300	1,200	1,300	291,000	30	5,900

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Prayer Cards

Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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