State: Gilgit-Baltistan | Joshua Project

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Country:	Pakistan
State:	Gilgit-Baltistan
District:	All

Number of People Groups

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,165,000

Buddhist

5.6 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

0.0 %

Muslim

94.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Arain (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arghun	2,100	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Muslim traditions)	300	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bafinda	100	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balti	47,000	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barwala (Muslim traditions)	30	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beda	400	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Muslim traditions)	300	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodh (Buddhist traditions)	900	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Broq-Pa	5,800	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burusho	258,000	Burushaski	1 ●	-1 -	258,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Muslim traditions)	100	Sindhi	1 ●	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Changpa	200	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	600	Punjabi, Western	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	70	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gaddi (Muslim traditions)	10,000	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Galleban	300	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gara	1,200	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gujjar (Muslim traditions)	148,000	Hindko, Northern	1 ●	-1 -	148,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	1,500	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jangam (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Muslim traditions)	2,400	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	186,000	Kashmiri	1 ●	-1 -	186,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Muslim traditions)	700	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khik (Wakhi)	59,000	Wakhi	1 ●	-1 -	59,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khoja	1,900	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khosha	400	Khowar	1 ●	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhiar (Muslim traditions)	3,000	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lama	200	Language unknown	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	3,400	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Makhmi	123,000	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	123,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	1,400	Shina	1 ●	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangrik	53,000	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	5,000	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Megh (Muslim traditions)	100	Sindhi	1 ●	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirasi (Muslim traditions)	100	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirzakhani	500	Hindko, Northern	1 ●	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moghal	42,000	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mon	1,300	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mussali	1,500	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun	43,000	Pashto, Northern	1 ●	-1 -	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	49,000	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Awan	500	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	100	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gakkhar	500	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Khokhar	800	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rigzong	1,700	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Saryara (Muslim traditions)	1,800	Shina	1 ●	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,400	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	6,400	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shin	41,000	Shina	1 ●	-1 -	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Muslim traditions)	500	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sudhan	6,800	Hindko, Northern	1 ●	-1 -	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarakhehas	27,000	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Muslim traditions)	6,700	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thathera (Muslim traditions)	90	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	6,600	Balti	1 ●	-1 -	100	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki, Balmiki	30	Punjabi, Western	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Yashkun	2,000	Shina	1 ●	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Zargar (Muslim traditions)	8,400	Shina	1 ●	-1 -	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 60	1,165,000		58 ●	0	1,099,000	66,000	700	0	0

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