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Country:	India
Province / State:	Meghalaya
District:	Garo Hills, Southwest

Major People Groups

13

Major Unreached People Groups

9

Total Population

145,000

Buddhist

0.3 %

Christian

56.2 %

Hindu

27.7 %

Muslim

14.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.5 %

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Photo	People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
	Assamese (Christian traditions)	80	Assamese	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
	Brahmin unspecified	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Garo (A-chik Mande)	85,000	Garo	3	1,700	200	200	81,000	20	1,800
	Hajang	7,100	Bengali	1	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
	Hajang Banai	800	Bengali	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Koch (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Koch	1	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
	Mahishya	1,300	Bengali	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Rabha	3,700	Assamese	2	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
	Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Bengali	1	2,400	-1 -	20	20	-1 -	-1 -
	Shaikh Qureshi	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Shaikh unspecified	17,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Shan, Tai Man	200	Phake	2	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Major Groups (displayed): 13	127,000		9 ●	25,000	19,000	500	81,000	20	1,800
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 101	145,000		86 ●	40,000	21,000	500	82,000	40	2,100

* 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%