India, Meghalaya state, Jaintia Hills, East district people groups | Joshua Project

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Major People Groups *

8

Major Unreached People Groups *

1

Total Population

122,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

72.7 %

Hindu

2.5 %

Muslim

0.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

24.1 %

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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
	Assamese (Christian traditions)	200	3,300	6.0606 6.1%	Assamese	Christian	OBC	3
	Biate	300	16,000	1.8750 1.9%	Biate	Christian	ST	2
	Christian	2,100	1,412,000	0.1487 0.1%	Hindi	Christian	OBC	3
	Khasi	37,000	1,258,000	2.9412 2.9%	Khasi	Christian	ST	3
	Kuki Chin	2,600	143,000	1.8182 1.8%	Chin, Thado	Christian	ST	3
	Kusiari	40	1,800	2.2222 2.2%	Bengali	Hindu	OBC	0
	Pnar	76,000	281,000	27.0463 27.0%	Khasi	Christian	ST	3
	Sakachep	200	20,000	1.0000 1.0%	Sakachep	Christian	ST	3
	Major Groups (displayed): 8	118,000						1 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 80	122,000						44 ●

* 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%