India, Meghalaya state, Jaintia Hills, East district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Meghalaya
District:	Jaintia Hills, East

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

137,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

72.7 %

Hindu

2.4 %

Muslim

0.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

24.1 %

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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 -
Arleng	300	Karbi	2	90	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Assamese (Christian traditions)	300	Assamese	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	20	Assamese	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	20	Bengali	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	30	Hindi	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	100	Hindi	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	20	Bengali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	-1 Unknown	Urdu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Biate	400	Biate	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	20	Boro (India)	2	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	-1 Unknown	Burmese	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	50	Nepali	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,300	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	-1 Unknown	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	200	Garo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	30	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	-1 Unknown	Nepali	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajang	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hmar	200	Hmar	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Illemei	20	Naga, Mao	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-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	50	Dimasa	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Sonwal	20	Assamese	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khampti	-1 Unknown	Adi	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	-1 Unknown	Kharia	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	42,000	Khasi	3	400	100	20	32,000	-1 -	9,500
Kuki Chin	2,900	Chin, Thado	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -
Kusiari	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lotha	30	Naga, Lotha	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	200	Nepali	2	100	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	-1 Unknown	Odia	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	90	Bengali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mara	-1 Unknown	Mara	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	-1 Unknown	Boro (India)	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei unspecified	40	Meitei	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	20	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Naga	20	Nagamese	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Naga Tangkhul	50	Naga, Tangkhul (India)	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	70	Bengali	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	20	Nepali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	-1 Unknown	Kurux	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Khan	-1 Unknown	Bengali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	-1 Unknown	Urdu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pawi	400	Chin, Hakha	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	100
Pnar	85,000	Khasi	3	1,000	200	80	61,000	-1 -	23,000
Poundra	70	Bengali	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	-1 Unknown	Assamese	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	60	Nepali	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	30	Bengali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ranabhat	20	Assamese	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sakachep	300	Sakachep	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Saora unspecified	20	Odia	2	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	-1 Unknown	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	20	Urdu	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sema	40	Naga, Sumi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	80	Urdu	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Singpho	40	Singpho	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	100	Nepali	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Tamang	30	Nepali	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	40	Nepali	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	30	Bhojpuri	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	-1 Unknown	Tibetan, Central	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	100	Kok Borok	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiwa	50	Assamese	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaiphei	90	Vaiphei	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Mehtar	20	Hindi	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	20	Bengali	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	20	Nepali	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Zeliang	30	Naga, Zeme	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 80	137,000		44 ●	3,300	700	200	100,000	20	33,000

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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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