India, Manipur state people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Manipur
District:	All

Major People Groups

199

Major Unreached People Groups

128

Total Population

3,315,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

39.8 %

Hindu

43.6 %

Muslim

8.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

8.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ahnal	25,000	Anal	3	300	80	20	25,000	-1 -	50
Ahom	6,200	Assamese	1	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Aimol	3,400	Aimol	3	30	-1 -	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -
Aka	500	Hruso	2	300	-1 -	90	30	-1 -	90
Angami	200	Naga, Angami	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Anglo	100	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Ao	200	Naga, Ao	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Arleng	300	Karbi	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arora (Sikh traditions)	40	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	8,800	Assamese	0	-1 -	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	900	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania Saraogi	300	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Bania unspecified	4,800	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Bansphor (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	900	Bengali	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	100	Kannada	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhandari	700	Odia	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhatia (Muslim traditions)	50	Gujarati	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhisti	50	Hindi	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhottada	90	Kuvi	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	600	Bengali	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Biate	2,800	Biate	2	600	-1 -	20	2,200	-1 -	-1 -
Bishnupriya Manipuri	84,000	Bishnupuriya	1	83,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Boro (India)	2	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Barna	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Purohit	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Bru	100	Kok Borok	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Bujur	2,900	Naga, Moyon	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	1,300	Burmese	1	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	1,600	Nepali	1	1,600	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chiru	9,500	Chiru	3	-1 -	70	-1 -	9,400	-1 -	-1 -
Chothe	4,200	Naga, Chothe	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	60
Christian	18,000	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	100	Nepali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Deori	50	Deori	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	500	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	30	Odia	1	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganda	900	Odia	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangte	20,000	Gangte	3	100	100	30	19,000	-1 -	80
Garo (A-chik Mande)	60	Garo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda	700	Odia	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gharti	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	90	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Gond unspecified	1,500	Hindi	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	40
Guria	700	Odia	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	500	Nepali	2	200	-1 -	300	20	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajang	100	Bengali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	20	Chinese, Mandarin	2	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Haomei	75,000	Naga, Liangmai	3	1,100	200	300	73,000	20	400
Hira	40	Assamese	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hmar	56,000	Hmar	3	200	300	100	55,000	-1 -	80
Illemei	107,000	Naga, Mao	3	200	300	200	106,000	-1 -	200
Jat (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Muslim traditions)	600	Urdu	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	800	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -
Jewish, South Asian	200	Marathi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Jhalo Malo	80	Bengali	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	40	Dimasa	2	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	300	Nepali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandra	800	Odia	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	80	Hindi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaora	90	Bengali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karan	300	Odia	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	80	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	70	Bengali	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khampti	400	Adi	1	300	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	900	Odia	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharam	1,300	Naga, Kharam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	200	Kharia	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	300	Khasi	3	50	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	90	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolta	300	Odia	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kom	20,000	Kom (India)	3	80	60	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	30
Konai	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koren	2,100	Koireng	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	1,300	Telugu	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kui Khond	500	Odia	2	500	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin	31,000	Chin, Thado	3	200	100	60	30,000	-1 -	300
Kuki Chin Taraor	1,200	Naga, Tarao	3	-1 -	-1 -	20	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Kumal	30	Nepali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lamkang	8,800	Lamkang	3	300	20	30	8,400	-1 -	-1 -
Loi	97,000	Meitei	0	96,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	40	300
Lotha	500	Naga, Lotha	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	3,800	Nepali	2	3,300	-1 -	400	100	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	200	Odia	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	6,100	Bengali	1	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	500	Hindi	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	20	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maramei	31,000	Naga, Maram	3	100	90	40	31,000	-1 -	90
Maring	31,000	Naga, Maring	3	200	90	60	30,000	-1 -	300
Mech	70	Boro (India)	2	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei (Manipur Muslim)	223,000	Meitei	0	-1 -	223,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei Kshatriya	116,000	Meitei	1	99,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	16,000
Meitei Thanga	120,000	Meitei	1	102,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	17,000
Meitei unspecified	1,193,000	Meitei	1	952,000	-1 -	1,500	15,000	-1 -	224,000
Miri	50	Mising	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Mishmi	70	Digaro-Mishmi	1	30	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo	2,900	Mizo	3	200	-1 -	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Fanai	300	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	6,300	Mizo	3	500	-1 -	-1 -	5,800	-1 -	50
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	2,600	Mundari	5	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naga Tangkhul	202,000	Naga, Tangkhul (India)	3	2,000	900	600	198,000	50	300
Nai (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Bengali	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	1,400	Bengali	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	300	Nepali	1	300	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nissi	40	Nyishi	3	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	2,200	Kurux	2	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Paite (Christian traditions)	63,000	Chin, Paite	3	200	300	90	62,000	-1 -	100
Paite Simte	8,800	Simte	3	30	40	-1 -	8,700	-1 -	20
Paliya	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pan	700	Odia	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parja unspecified	100	Odia	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	900	Urdu	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Bengali	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pnar	70	Khasi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Poi	500	Mizo	3	20	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Poumai	145,000	Naga, Poumai	3	200	200	100	144,000	-1 -	900
Poundra	2,400	Bengali	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	300	Assamese	2	200	-1 -	30	40	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	2,500	Nepali	2	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	1,000
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Bengali	1	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	70
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	400	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -
Raju	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	60	Hindi	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ralte	200	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Ranabhat	400	Assamese	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	30	Hindi	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rongmei	108,000	Naga, Inpui	3	1,400	400	300	100,000	20	6,200
Sakachep	1,100	Sakachep	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Saloi	70	Assamese	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sangtam	90	Naga, Sangtam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	2,200	Santhali	2	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	100
Saora unspecified	700	Odia	2	600	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	300	Nepali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sema	70	Naga, Sumi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	500	Urdu	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	23,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	200	Nepali	2	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Singpho	-1 Unknown	Singpho	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sirte	2,800	Naga, Monsang	3	20	-1 -	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	700	Nepali	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	80	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	1,000	Nepali	2	600	-1 -	400	50	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	30	Hindi	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Bengali	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thadou	243,000	Chin, Thado	3	1,200	1,000	400	238,000	20	2,500
Thakuri	300	Nepali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thangkhal	4,400	Naga, Thangal	3	-1 -	30	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	40
Tharu	1,000	Bhojpuri	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Thoubalkonou	1,600	Meitei	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	1,700	Bengali	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	300	Kok Borok	2	300	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiwa	-1 Unknown	Assamese	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	60	Bengali	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaiphei	49,000	Vaiphei	3	200	80	-1 -	49,000	-1 -	100
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	1,100	Nepali	2	800	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	300
Zeliang	11,000	Naga, Zeme	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -
Zou	28,000	Zo	3	100	-1 -	20	28,000	-1 -	20
Totals: 199	3,315,000		128 ●	1,445,000	269,000	7,400	1,319,000	1,500	273,000

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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%
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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%
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5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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