India, Jammu and Kashmir state, Kishtwar district people groups | Joshua Project

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Major People Groups *

31

Major Unreached People Groups *

31

Total Population

237,000

Buddhist

1.1 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

42.6 %

Muslim

55.9 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

0.2 %

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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
	Saryara (Muslim traditions)	500	2,000	25.0000 25.0%	Kashmiri	Muslim	OBC	0
	Shaikh unspecified	3,600	100,866,000	0.0036 0.0%	Urdu	Muslim	OBC	0
	Tarkhan (Hindu traditions)	1,100	884,000	0.1244 0.1%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Wattal (Hindu traditions)	300	1,500	20.0000 20.0%	Kashmiri	Hindu	OBC	0
	Zargar (Hindu traditions)	600	22,000	2.7273 2.7%	Dogri	Hindu	OBC	0
	Zargar (Muslim traditions)	200	4,800	4.1667 4.2%	Kashmiri	Muslim	OBC	0
	Major Groups (displayed): 31	221,000						31 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 95	237,000						94 ●

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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%