India, Himachal Pradesh state, Solan district people groups | Joshua Project

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Major People Groups *

67

Major Unreached People Groups *

67

Total Population

717,000

Buddhism

0.1 %

Christianity

0.2 %

Hindism

94.8 %

Islam

2.3 %

Sikhism

2.4 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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Photo	People Group	Population in District	Population in Country	% Country Popl in District	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Community Category	Progress Scale
	Rajput (Muslim traditions)	3,400	3,151,000	0.1079 0.1%	Hindi	Islam	OBC	0
	Rajput (Sikh traditions)	2,700	1,120,000	0.2411 0.2%	Punjabi, Eastern	Sikhism	OBC	0
	Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	1,900	1,417,000	0.1341 0.1%	Hindi	Hindism	FC	0
	Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	6,800	944,000	0.7203 0.7%	Hindi	Hindism	FC	0
	Rajput Chandel	2,300	360,000	0.6389 0.6%	Hindi	Hindism	FC	0
	Rajput Kanet	62,000	708,000	8.7571 8.8%	Kangri	Hindism	OBC	0
	Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions)	2,200	270,000	0.8148 0.8%	Hindi	Hindism	FC	0
	Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	2,100	1,358,000	0.1546 0.2%	Hindi	Hindism	FC	0
	Rajput Rathi	20,000	175,000	11.4286 11.4%	Hindi	Hindism	FC	0
	Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	1,900	1,504,000	0.1263 0.1%	Hindi	Hindism	FC	0
	Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions)	3,200	1,488,000	0.2151 0.2%	Hindi	Hindism	SC	1
	Saini (Hindu traditions)	14,000	756,000	1.8519 1.9%	Hindi	Hindism	OBC	0
	Shaikh unspecified	4,500	91,168,000	0.0049 0.0%	Urdu	Islam	OBC	0
	Sonar (Hindu traditions)	3,000	8,399,000	0.0357 0.0%	Hindi	Hindism	OBC	0
	Tarkhan (Hindu traditions)	5,100	929,000	0.5490 0.5%	Hindi	Hindism	OBC	0
	Turi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	367,000	0.3270 0.3%	Hindi	Hindism	SC	1
	Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	6,700	5,187,000	0.1292 0.1%	Hindi	Hindism	SC	0
	Major Groups (displayed): 67	689,000						67 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 185	717,000						183 ●

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* District level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster or country. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

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%