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Country:	India
Province / State:	Sikkim
District:	Sikkim, North

Major People Groups

12

Major Unreached People Groups

6

Total Population

44,000

Buddhist

53.1 %

Christian

6.1 %

Hindu

34.5 %

Muslim

1.7 %

Sikh

1.8 %

Other Religions

2.5 %

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Photo	People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
	Bhotia Sikkim	8,100	Sikkimese	1	100	-1 -	7,800	100	-1 -	20
	Brahmin unspecified	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
	Kagate	300	Syuba	1	-1 -	-1 -	200	60	-1 -	-1 -
	Khambu	2,300	Bengali	1	2,000	-1 -	100	200	-1 -	-1 -
	Khas	1,300	Nepali	2	1,000	-1 -	200	100	-1 -	-1 -
	Magar	1,000	Nepali	2	900	-1 -	30	100	-1 -	-1 -
	Rongkup-Lepcha	14,000	Lepcha	2	200	20	13,000	800	-1 -	20
	Tamang	2,100	Nepali	2	200	-1 -	1,700	200	-1 -	-1 -
	Thakali	100	Nepali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Thami	40	Nepali	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Yakkha	60	Yakkha	2	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	30
	Yakthumba, Limbu	4,600	Nepali	2	3,200	-1 -	200	300	20	900
	Major Groups (displayed): 12	36,000		6 ●	10,000	30	23,000	2,000	20	1,000
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 42	44,000		32 ●	15,000	800	23,000	2,700	800	1,100

* 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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Prayer Cards

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%