India, West Bengal state, Paschim Medinipur district people groups | Joshua Project

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Major People Groups *

184

Major Unreached People Groups *

177

Total Population

7,058,000

Buddhism

0.0 %

Christianity

0.3 %

Hindism

86.8 %

Islam

10.7 %

Sikhism

0.0 %

Other Religions

2.2 %

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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
	Tanti (Muslim traditions)	1,800	4,100	43.9024 43.9%	Bengali	Islam	OBC	0
	Teli (Hindu traditions)	201,000	20,242,000	0.9930 1.0%	Hindi	Hindism	OBC	0
	Tili	92,000	1,203,000	7.6475 7.6%	Bengali	Hindism	OBC	0
	Tiyar	6,400	522,000	1.2261 1.2%	Bengali	Hindism	SC	1
	Yadav (Hindu traditions)	468,000	61,795,000	0.7573 0.8%	Hindi	Hindism	OBC	0
	Yadav Ghosi	4,600	1,666,000	0.2761 0.3%	Hindi	Hindism	OBC	0
	Yadav Kaonra	2,200	713,000	0.3086 0.3%	Hindi	Hindism	OBC	0
	Yadav Rawat	4,400	1,513,000	0.2908 0.3%	Hindi	Hindism	OBC	0
	Yadav Sadgope	374,000	2,845,000	13.1459 13.1%	Bengali	Hindism	OBC	0
	Major Groups (displayed): 184	7,008,000						177 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 406	7,058,000						372 ●

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* 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%