India, Meghalaya state, Garo Hills, East district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Meghalaya
District:	Garo Hills, East

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

212,000

Buddhist

0.3 %

Christian

93.8 %

Hindu

3.2 %

Muslim

1.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ahom	50	Assamese	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Angami	40	Naga, Angami	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Assamese (Christian traditions)	500	Assamese	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	500	Assamese	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	80	Hindi	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bansphor (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	20	Bengali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Tibetan	-1 Unknown	Sikkimese	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Boro (India)	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	100	Nepali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	4,100	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	20	Bengali	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	-1 Unknown	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	-1 Unknown	Odia	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	199,000	Garo	3	500	1,100	700	194,000	40	2,400
Gurung Ghaleg	40	Nepali	2	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajang	200	Bengali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Hajang Banai	50	Bengali	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	30	Hindi	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	-1 Unknown	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	-1 Unknown	Dimasa	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Sonwal	100	Assamese	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	80	Khasi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	60	Koch	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin	300	Chin, Thado	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	30	Nepali	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	100	Bengali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo	-1 Unknown	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naga	-1 Unknown	Nagamese	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	40	Urdu	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Bengali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	60	Bengali	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	4,900	Assamese	2	4,600	30	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	40	Nepali	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	80	Bengali	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ranabhat	30	Assamese	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	-1 Unknown	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	70	Urdu	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	700	Urdu	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	20	Bengali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	-1 Unknown	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thadou	30	Chin, Thado	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	20	Kok Borok	2	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	20	Nepali	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Totals: 57	212,000		39 ●	6,900	2,700	700	199,000	50	2,500

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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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