India, Maharashtra state, Akola district people groups | Joshua Project

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Major People Groups *

130

Major Unreached People Groups *

128

Total Population

2,065,000

Buddhist

16.7 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

60.8 %

Muslim

21.3 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.9 %

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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
	Vanjara	28,000	1,008,000	2.7778 2.8%	Marathi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Vasudev	200	16,000	1.2500 1.3%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Viswakarma unspecified	1,600	6,937,000	0.0231 0.0%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
	Yadav (Hindu traditions)	8,100	61,261,000	0.0132 0.0%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions)	1,300	5,075,000	0.0256 0.0%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Major Groups (displayed): 130	2,024,000						128 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 351	2,065,000						337 ●

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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%