India, Meghalaya state, Garo Hills, South district people groups | Joshua Project

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Major People Groups *

8

Major Unreached People Groups *

5

Total Population

148,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

93.5 %

Hindu

5.1 %

Muslim

0.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.4 %

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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
	Assamese (Christian traditions)	100	3,500	2.8571 2.9%	Assamese	Christian	OBC	3
	Christian	4,800	1,469,000	0.3268 0.3%	Hindi	Christian	OBC	3
	Garo (A-chik Mande)	135,000	1,156,000	11.6782 11.7%	Garo	Christian	ST	3
	Hajang Banai	500	5,200	9.6154 9.6%	Bengali	Hindu	ST	1
	Hajong	1,100	85,000	1.2941 1.3%	Bengali	Hindu	ST	1
	Koch (Hindu traditions)	1,200	53,000	2.2642 2.3%	Koch	Hindu	ST	1
	Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	5,168,000	0.0232 0.0%	Bengali	Hindu	ST	1
	Shan	30	1,300	2.3077 2.3%	Shan	Buddhist	OBC	1
	Major Groups (displayed): 8	144,000						5 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 86	148,000						67 ●

* 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%