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Country:	India
Province / State:	Meghalaya
District:	Jaintia Hills, West

Major People Groups

9

Major Unreached People Groups

1

Total Population

273,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

67.6 %

Hindu

3.4 %

Muslim

0.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

28.4 %

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Photo	People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
	Assamese (Christian traditions)	100	Assamese	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
	Biate	700	Biate	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
	Christian	3,400	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,400	-1 -	-1 -
	Khasi	65,000	Khasi	3	1,100	200	20	44,000	-1 -	20,000
	Kuki Chin	4,800	Chin, Thado	3	30	-1 -	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	40
	Kusiari	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Pawi	700	Chin, Hakha	3	20	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	200
	Pnar	189,000	Khasi	3	2,700	500	70	128,000	-1 -	58,000
	Sakachep	1,100	Sakachep	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
	Major Groups (displayed): 9	265,000		1 ●	4,000	700	90	183,000	10	77,000
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 84	273,000		46 ●	9,400	1,200	100	184,000	10	78,000

* 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%