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

Major People Groups

8

Major Unreached People Groups

5

Total Population

144,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

93.5 %

Hindu

5.1 %

Muslim

0.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.4 %

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Photo	People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
	Assamese (Christian traditions)	100	Assamese	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
	Christian	4,600	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,600	-1 -	-1 -
	Garo (A-chik Mande)	131,000	Garo	3	500	700	300	129,000	-1 -	500
	Hajang	1,000	Bengali	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
	Hajang Banai	500	Bengali	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
	Koch (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Koch	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Bengali	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
	Shan	30	Shan	1	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Major Groups (displayed): 8	140,000		5 ●	4,300	700	300	134,000	10	500
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 86	144,000		67 ●	7,300	1,100	300	135,000	20	600

* 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%