India, Arunachal Pradesh state, Tawang district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Arunachal Pradesh
District:	Tawang

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

50,000

Buddhist

78.2 %

Christian

1.3 %

Hindu

15.4 %

Muslim

1.6 %

Sikh

2.4 %

Other Religions

1.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi	60	Adi	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Adi Gallong	-1 Unknown	Adi, Galo	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Minyong	-1 Unknown	Adi	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Padam	-1 Unknown	Adi	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ahom	1,600	Assamese	1	1,500	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Sikh traditions)	40	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	400	Assamese	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Brittal	-1 Unknown	Assamese	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Bansphor (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	500	Boro (India)	2	400	-1 -	50	30	-1 -	-1 -
Bokar	-1 Unknown	Adi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	80	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Galong	70	Adi, Galo	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Hojai	-1 Unknown	Assamese	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Idu	-1 Unknown	Idu-Mishmi	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	900	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	400	Dimasa	2	300	-1 -	30	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	200	Nepali	1	100	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khampti	-1 Unknown	Adi	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	100	Kharia	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khowa	-1 Unknown	Bugun	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kisan	90	Hindi	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korku	50	Korku	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	70	Telugu	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kui Khond	30	Odia	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	100	Nepali	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	-1 Unknown	Odia	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	30	Boro (India)	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei unspecified	30	Meitei	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Miji	60	Miju-Mishmi	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Mishmi	-1 Unknown	Digaro-Mishmi	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Momba	100	Sartang	1	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Monpa	31,000	Monpa, Tawang	1	200	30	30,000	100	-1 -	100
Monpa Dirang	40	Tshangla	1	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Monpa Kalaktang	1,600	Monpa, Kalaktang	2	600	-1 -	800	100	-1 -	-1 -
Monpa Tawang	7,200	Monpa, Tawang	1	40	-1 -	7,100	20	-1 -	20
Naga	-1 Unknown	Nagamese	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	20	Bengali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	20	Nepali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nishang	20	Nyishi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Nissi	200	Nyishi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	40
Nyishi	100	Nyishi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	40
Oraon	300	Kurux	2	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	90	Bengali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	50	Assamese	2	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	30	Nepali	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	300	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	50	Santhali	2	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Saora unspecified	80	Odia	2	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherdukpen	30	Sherdukpen	1	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Singpho	-1 Unknown	Singpho	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	80	Bengali	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	70	Nepali	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tagin	30	Tagin	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	100	Nepali	2	30	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tangsa	-1 Unknown	Naga, Tangshang	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tangsa Moglum	30	Naga, Tangshang	2	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanu	100	Apatani	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Thakuri	50	Nepali	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	200	Bhojpuri	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Wancho	-1 Unknown	Naga, Wancho	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 82	50,000		48 ●	7,600	800	39,000	600	1,200	600

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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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