India, Meghalaya state, Jaintia Hills, East district people groups | Joshua Project

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Major People Groups *

8

Major Unreached People Groups *

1

Total Population

128,000

Buddhism

0.1 %

Christianity

72.7 %

Hindism

2.5 %

Islam

0.5 %

Sikhism

0.0 %

Other Religions

24.1 %

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Photo	People Group	Population in District	Population in Country	% Country Popl in District	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Community Category	Progress Scale
	Assamese (Christian traditions)	300	3,500	8.5714 8.6%	Assamese	Christianity	OBC	3
	Biate	300	17,000	1.7647 1.8%	Biate	Christianity	ST	2
	Christian	2,200	1,482,000	0.1484 0.1%	Hindi	Christianity	OBC	3
	Khasi	39,000	1,321,000	2.9523 3.0%	Khasi	Christianity	ST	3
	Kuki Chin	2,700	151,000	1.7881 1.8%	Chin, Thado	Christianity	ST	3
	Kusiari	40	1,900	2.1053 2.1%	Bengali	Hindism	OBC	0
	Pnar	80,000	294,000	27.2109 27.2%	Khasi	Christianity	ST	3
	Sakachep	300	21,000	1.4286 1.4%	Sakachep	Christianity	ST	3
	Major Groups (displayed): 8	124,000						1 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 80	128,000						44 ●

* 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%