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Country:	India
Province / State:	Assam
District:	Salmara-Mankachar, South

Major People Groups

13

Major Unreached People Groups

11

Total Population

557,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

5.3 %

Muslim

94.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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Photo	People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
	Assamese (Muslim traditions)	146,000	Assamese	0	-1 -	146,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Bania unspecified	1,100	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
	Jalkeot	700	Assamese	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Jhalo Malo	2,100	Bengali	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
	Kaibartta unspecified	2,200	Bengali	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Mahishya	1,200	Bengali	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
	Munda	1,100	Mundari	5	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	40
	Namassej (Hindu traditions)	6,100	Bengali	1	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
	Namassej Chandel	3,100	Bengali	1	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
	Pashtun, Pathan	2,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Santal (Sawntal)	1,200	Santhali	2	800	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	200
	Sayyid	5,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Shaikh unspecified	370,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	370,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Major Groups (displayed): 13	543,000		11 ●	18,000	525,000	0	300	0	500
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 91	557,000		71 ●	29,000	526,000	10	1,100	20	800

* 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%