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Major People Groups *

107

Major Unreached People Groups *

102

Total Population

1,821,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.0 %

Hindu

97.2 %

Muslim

1.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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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
	Vettuvan Gounder	40	1,600	2.5000 2.5%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
	Viswakarma Asari	6,600	704,000	0.9375 0.9%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	0
	Viswakarma Panchal	1,800	93,000	1.9355 1.9%	Kannada	Hindu	OBC	0
	Viswakarma unspecified	47,000	10,716,000	0.4386 0.4%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
	Yadav (Hindu traditions)	31,000	57,595,000	0.0538 0.1%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Yadav Gola	9,300	4,927,000	0.1888 0.2%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
	Yenadi	2,900	707,000	0.4102 0.4%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	1
	Major Groups (displayed): 107	1,791,000						102 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 285	1,821,000						260 ●

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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%