India, Jammu and Kashmir state, Kishtwar district people groups

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

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

257,000

Buddhist

1.1 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

41.2 %

Muslim

57.2 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

0.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Arain (Muslim traditions)	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Sikh traditions)	20	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Bafinda	300	Dogri	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bakkarwal	1,700	Gujari	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balti	30	Balti	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gahoi	30	Hindi	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Kasaundhan	30	Hindi	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahur	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barwala (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barwala (Muslim traditions)	60	Urdu	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basith (Hindu traditions)	20	Dogri	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Batwal (Hindu traditions)	600	Dogri	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bazigar (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhil unspecified	90	Gujarati	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodh (Buddhist traditions)	2,300	Ladakhi	1	-1 -	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit	10,000	Kashmiri	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Maha	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhimba (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	200	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	90	Hindi	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	100	Odia	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gaddi (Hindu traditions)	30	Dogri	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gaddi (Muslim traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gujjar (Hindu traditions)	800	Gujari	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	600
Gujjar (Muslim traditions)	35,000	Gujari	0	-1 -	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	600	Urdu	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Hindi	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Muslim traditions)	600	Urdu	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	200	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Muslim traditions)	20	Hindi	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	88,000	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	88,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatik (Muslim traditions)	90	Urdu	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -
Khoja	30	Gujarati	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kraal	200	Kashmiri	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhiar (Hindu traditions)	300	Dogri	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhiar (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Labana (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Hindi	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	600	Urdu	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	30	Marathi	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangrik	300	Ladakhi	0	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Megh (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -
Mirasi (Muslim traditions)	90	Urdu	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Muslim traditions)	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rahmani (Muslim traditions)	30	Hindi	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Hindi	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	9,800	Hindi	0	-1 -	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	80	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -
Rajput Awan	70	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions)	70	Hindi	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	300	Hindi	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Gakkhar	200	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Khokhar	70	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Manihas (Muslim traditions)	200	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Salehria (Muslim traditions)	70	Hindi	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rigzong	300	Ladakhi	0	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sansi (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Saryara (Muslim traditions)	500	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	3,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Muslim traditions)	100	Urdu	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Muslim traditions)	90	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	70	Hindi	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Muslim traditions)	400	Hindi	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thathera (Hindu traditions)	70	Hindi	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Wattal (Hindu traditions)	400	Kashmiri	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Zargar (Hindu traditions)	700	Dogri	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Zargar (Muslim traditions)	200	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 96	257,000		95 ●	106,000	147,000	2,800	200	400	600

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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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