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Country:

India
State: Meghalaya
District: All

Number of People Groups

209

Unreached People Groups

153

Total Population

2,945,000

Buddhist

0.3 %

Christian

74.4 %

Hindu

11.8 %

Muslim

4.5 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

8.7 %
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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Adi 300 Adi ● 300 - - - - -
Adi Dravida 20 Tamil ● 20 - - - - -
Aguri 30 Bengali ● 30 - - - - -
Ahom 7,700 Assamese ● 7,600 - - 100 - -
Angami 900 Naga, Angami ● - - - 900 - -
Anglo 200 English ● - - - 200 - -
Arleng 18,000 Karbi ● 4,000 70 - 11,000 - 3,200
Assamese (Christian traditions) 3,300 Assamese ● - - - 3,300 - -
Assamese (Muslim traditions) 6,400 Assamese ● - 6,400 - - - -
Badaik 500 Sadri ● 500 - - - - -
Badhai (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Bengali ● 5,700 - - - - -
Baidya (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali ● 700 - - - - -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Bania 3,700 Hindi ● 3,400 - - - - 300
Bania Agarwal 800 Hindi ● 600 - - - - 200
Bania Brittal 300 Assamese ● 300 - - - - -
Bania Gandha Banik 40 Bengali ● 40 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Bauri 2,100 Bengali ● 2,100 - - - - -
Bhar 100 Bhojpuri ● 100 - - - - -
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ● 70 - - - - -
Bhotia Tibetan 70 Sikkimese ● - - 70 - - -
Bhuinmali 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Bhumij 100 Bengali ● 100 - - - - -
Biate 1,000 Biate ● - - - 1,000 - -
Bodo (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Boro ● 2,000 - - 400 - 60
Brahmin 14,000 Hindi ● 14,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 2,800 Bengali ● 2,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Kanaujia 90 Hindi ● 90 - - - - -
Brahmin Radhi 1,200 Bengali ● 1,200 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Burmese 200 Burmese ● - - 200 - - -
Chain 700 Bengali ● 700 - - - - -
Chakma 1,000 Chakma ● 70 - 200 800 - 20
Chhetri 700 Nepali ● 700 - - - - -
Chin Mara 200 Chin, Mara ● - - - 200 - -
Christian 30,000 Hindi ● - - - 30,000 - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali ● - 300 - - - -
Dalu 600 Bengali ● - 600 - - - -
Darjee 50 Nepali ● 50 - - - - -
Darzi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Deori 400 Deori ● 400 - - - - -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ● 600 - - - - -
Dholi (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ● 60 - - - - -
Drukpa 100 Dzongkha ● - - 100 - - -
Dulia 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Dura 900 Odia ● 700 - 200 40 - -
Gangai Unknown Nepali ● - - - - - -
Garo 918,000 Garo ● 6,100 3,600 3,500 883,000 200 21,000
Gharti 20 Bengali ● 20 - - - - -
Goanese 300 Konkani, Goan ● - - - 300 - -
Gosain 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Gurung Ghaleg 800 Nepali ● 100 - 500 70 - -
Hadi 1,400 Bengali ● 1,400 - - - - -
Hajang 45,000 Bengali ● 45,000 60 200 500 - 20
Hajang Banai 4,600 Bengali ● 4,500 - - 40 - -
Halwai (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ● 900 - - - - -
Halwai Maira 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Han Chinese, Mandarin 20 Chinese, Mandarin ● - - 20 - - -
Hira 50 Assamese ● 50 - - - - -
Hmar 1,900 Hmar ● 20 - - 1,800 - -
Hualngo 40 Mizo ● - - - 40 - -
Ilavan 100 Malayalam ● 100 - - - - -
Illemei 300 Naga, Mao ● - - - 300 - -
Jalkeot 30 Assamese ● 30 - - - - -
Jat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Jat (Sikh traditions) 2,100 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 2,100 -
Jhalo Malo 1,900 Bengali ● 1,900 - - - - -
Jimdar 100 Bengali ● 100 - - - - -
Jogi (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Bengali ● 5,600 - - - - -
Kachari Dimasa 4,500 Deori ● 400 20 - 3,400 - 600
Kachari Sonwal 2,100 Assamese ● 1,400 - - 800 - -
Kahar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Kaibartta 500 Bengali ● 500 - - - - -
Kaibartta Jalia 60 Bengali ● 60 - - - - -
Kalu 600 Bengali ● - 600 - - - -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 30 Hindi ● 30 - - - - -
Kami 90 Nepali ● 90 - - - - -
Kandra 100 Odia ● 100 - - - - -
Kandu 60 Hindi ● 60 - - - - -
Kaora 500 Bengali ● 500 - - - - -
Kapali 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Unknown Kashmiri ● - - - - - -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 6,900 Hindi ● 6,900 - - 40 - -
Kayastha Karan 90 Bengali ● 90 - - - - -
Khairwar 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Khambu 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Khampti 30 Adi ● 30 - - - - -
Khandait 400 Odia ● 400 - - - - -
Kharia 200 Kharia ● 200 - - - - -
Khasi 1,470,000 Khasi ● 12,000 4,700 1,500 1,225,000 100 227,000
Koch (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Koch ● 27,000 - - 300 - 30
Koch (Muslim traditions) 40 Bengali ● - 40 - - - -
Koiri (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Konai 60 Bengali ● 60 - - - - -
Korwa 100 Telugu ● 100 - - - - -
Koya 30 Telugu ● 30 - - - - -
Kuki Chin 13,000 Chin, Thado ● 400 40 - 12,000 - 200
Kumal 30 Nepali ● 30 - - - - -
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati ● 50 - - - - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Kusiari 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Lingayat 30 Kannada ● - - - - - 30
Loi Unknown Meitei ● - - - - - -
Lotha 200 Naga, Lotha ● - - - 200 - -
Madiga (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu ● - - - - - -
Magar 20,000 Nepali ● 18,000 - 1,500 700 - -
Mahar (Hindu traditions) 20 Marathi ● 20 - - - - -
Mahara 100 Odia ● 100 - - - - -
Mahishya 17,000 Bengali ● 17,000 - - - - -
Mahratta 100 Marathi ● 100 - - - - -
Mal (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ● 600 - - - - -
Mala (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu ● 20 - - - - -
Malabar Catholic 100 Malayalam ● - - - 100 - -
Mali (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ● 400 - - - - -
Malto 70 Santhali ● 70 - - - - -
Matia 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Mech 1,000 Boro ● 700 - - 300 - -
Meitei 3,500 Meitei ● 3,500 - - - - -
Miri 100 Mising ● 50 - - 70 - -
Mizo 1,100 Mizo ● - - - 1,100 - -
Mizo Biete 30 Mizo ● - - - 30 - -
Mizo Fanai 200 Mizo ● - - - 200 - -
Mizo Lushai 2,600 Mizo ● 30 - - 2,500 - -
Mochi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Bengali ● 1,100 - - - - -
Moghal 300 Urdu ● - 300 - - - -
Munda 90 Mundari ● 90 - - - - -
Nadar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ● - - - - - -
Naga 1,200 Naga Pidgin ● 20 - 20 1,100 - -
Naga Tangkhul 900 Naga, Tangkhul ● - - - 900 - -
Nai (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Nair 40 Malayalam ● 40 - - - - -
Namassej (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Bengali ● 3,400 - - - - -
Namassej Chandel 900 Bengali ● 900 - - - - -
Newah 300 Nepali ● 300 - 20 - - -
Nissi 30 Nyishi ● 20 - - - - -
Oraon 200 Kurux ● 200 - - - - -
Paite (Christian traditions) 600 Chin, Paite ● - - - 600 - -
Paliya 800 Bengali ● 800 - - - - -
Pashtun, Pathan 600 Urdu ● - 600 - - - -
Patni (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Assamese ● 1,000 - - - - -
Pawi 1,000 Chin, Hakha ● 20 - - 700 - 300
Pnar 1,600 Pnar ● 40 - - 900 - 600
Pod 6,000 Bengali ● 6,000 - - - - -
Poi 800 Mizo ● - - - 800 - -
Pundari 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Rabha 36,000 Assamese ● 35,000 90 - 1,500 - 90
Rai 3,200 Nepali ● 1,100 - - 300 - 1,800
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Bengali ● 12,000 - 100 200 - 50
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions) Unknown Bengali ● - - - - - -
Rajbansi Khen (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ● 700 - - - - -
Rajput (Sikh traditions) 700 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 700 -
Raju 700 Bengali ● 700 - - - - -
Rajwar 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Ralte 900 Mizo ● - - - 900 - -
Ranabhat 1,100 Assamese ● 1,100 - - - - -
Rautia 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Rongmei 70 Naga, Inpui ● 70 - - - - -
Sakachep 1,400 Sakachep ● - - - 1,400 - -
Sankara 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Santal 200 Santhali ● 200 - - - - 20
Saora 600 Odia ● 600 - - - - -
Sarki 500 Nepali ● 400 - 60 40 - -
Sayyid 1,700 Urdu ● - 1,700 - - - -
Sema 400 Naga, Sumi ● - - - 400 - -
Shaikh 109,000 Urdu ● - 109,000 - - - -
Shaikh Faruqi 500 Urdu ● - 500 - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 4,300 Urdu ● - 4,300 - - - -
Shaikh Siddiqi 700 Urdu ● - 700 - - - -
Shan 70 Shan ● - - 70 - - -
Sherpa 100 Nepali ● - - 100 - - -
Singpho 200 Singpho ● - - - 200 - -
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Sunri (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Bengali ● 2,500 - - - - -
Sunri Sadhubanik 700 Bengali ● 700 - - - - -
Sunuwar 4,800 Nepali ● 3,900 - - - - 900
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Syrian Christian 100 Malayalam ● - - - 100 - -
Tai Man 1,000 Phake ● 40 - 900 20 - -
Tamang 700 Nepali ● 400 - 200 50 - -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Tanti (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Bengali ● 4,400 - - - - -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Thadou 90 Chin, Thado ● - - - 90 - -
Thakali Unknown Nepali ● - - - - - -
Thakuri 800 Nepali ● 800 - - 40 - -
Thami Unknown Nepali ● - - - - - -
Tharu 700 Hindi ● 600 - 30 30 - -
Tibetan 200 Tibetan, Central ● - - 200 - - -
Tili 2,000 Bengali ● 2,000 - - - - -
Tipera 3,500 Kok Borok ● 3,500 - - - - -
Tiwa 39,000 Assamese ● 39,000 - - 40 - -
Tiyar 700 Bengali ● 700 - - - - -
Turaiha 50 Bhojpuri ● 50 - - - - -
Vaiphei 500 Vaiphei ● - - - 500 - -
Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar 600 Hindi ● 600 - - - - -
Valmiki, Balmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ● - - - - - -
Vanniyan 30 Tamil ● 30 - - - - -
Viswakarma 20 Telugu ● 20 - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 6,900 Hindi ● 6,900 - - - - -
Yadav Sadgope 3,100 Bengali ● 3,100 - - - - -
Yakthumba, Limbu 1,100 Nepali ● 300 - - 20 - 700
Zeliang 600 Naga, Zeme ● - - - 600 - -
  Totals:  209 2,945,000   153 ● 349,000 134,000 9,800 2,192,000 3,100 257,000
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