India, Jammu and Kashmir state, Samba district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Jammu and Kashmir
District:	Samba

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

410,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

85.4 %

Muslim

9.8 %

Sikh

4.4 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Arora (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bafinda	200	Dogri	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bakkarwal	3,800	Gujari	0	100	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -
Barwala (Muslim traditions)	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Batwal (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Dogri	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Batwal (Muslim traditions)	100	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Muslim traditions)	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhirai	70	Dogri	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dakaut	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit	46,000	Kashmiri	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Purohit	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	76,000	Hindi	0	76,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Budhan (Muslim traditions)	30	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Hindi	1	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Odia	1	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dosali	100	Dogri	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gardi (Hindu traditions)	400	Dogri	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gujjar (Muslim traditions)	13,000	Gujari	0	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Harni	20	Urdu	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Muslim traditions)	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	9,200	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,200	-1 -
Jhinwar (Hindu traditions)	7,900	Punjabi, Eastern	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	9,700	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	9,700	Hindi	0	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kraal	300	Kashmiri	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumangar	200	Dogri	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhiar (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Dogri	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhiar (Muslim traditions)	200	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Labana (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Labana (Sikh traditions)	1,300	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Megh (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Hindi	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	43,000	Hindi	0	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	2,500	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	1,900	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	-1 -
Rajput Awan	200	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Khokhar	40	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Hindi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Manihas (Muslim traditions)	50	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Salehria (Muslim traditions)	600	Hindi	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Saryara (Hindu traditions)	600	Dogri	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Hindu traditions)	6,000	Hindi	0	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Muslim traditions)	200	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	1,100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -
Zargar (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Dogri	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Zargar (Muslim traditions)	80	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 54	391,000		54 ●	342,000	35,000	20	600	14,000	20
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 153	410,000		146 ●	350,000	40,000	100	1,400	18,000	20

* 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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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%

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