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

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

Major People Groups

167

Major Unreached People Groups

115

Total Population

926,000

Buddhist

0.4 %

Christian

66.0 %

Hindu

17.5 %

Muslim

1.6 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

14.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi	200	Adi	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ahom	7,000	Assamese	1	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Angami	600	Naga, Angami	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Anglo	90	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Arleng	3,800	Karbi	2	200	30	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	1,000
Assamese (Christian traditions)	1,000	Assamese	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	1,400	Assamese	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Bengali	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	600	Bengali	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	400	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Bania Brittal	50	Assamese	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	1,600	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bansphor (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	1,700	Bengali	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhotia Tibetan	30	Sikkimese	0	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	80	Bengali	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	90	Bengali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	200	Boro (India)	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	8,800	Hindi	0	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	200	Burmese	1	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakma	100	Chakma	1	-1 -	-1 -	90	20	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	300	Nepali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	8,600	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	8,600	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	30	Nepali	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Deori	300	Deori	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dholi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	50	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	900	Odia	1	700	-1 -	200	50	-1 -	-1 -
Gangai	20	Nepali	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	27,000	Garo	3	700	100	30	26,000	-1 -	70
Gharti	20	Bengali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	200	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	500	Nepali	2	70	-1 -	400	70	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	1,000	Bengali	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajang	4,100	Bengali	1	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	30	Chinese, Mandarin	2	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hira	20	Assamese	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hmar	1,400	Hmar	3	20	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Illemei	90	Naga, Mao	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Jalkeot	20	Assamese	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	1,900	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Bengali	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	3,300	Dimasa	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	700
Kachari Sonwal	2,000	Assamese	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kami	70	Nepali	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandra	50	Odia	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaora	500	Bengali	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	-1 Unknown	Kashmiri	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Hindi	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	100	Bengali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khandait	200	Odia	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	90	Kharia	2	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	690,000	Khasi	3	5,500	2,900	500	554,000	40	126,000
Koch (Hindu traditions)	500	Koch	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konai	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	70	Telugu	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koya unspecified	20	Telugu	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin	3,200	Chin, Thado	3	100	-1 -	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	100
Kumal	20	Nepali	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	40	Gujarati	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	30	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Lotha	60	Naga, Lotha	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	20	Telugu	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	19,000	Nepali	2	17,000	-1 -	1,600	500	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	30	Marathi	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	20	Odia	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	14,000	Bengali	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	80	Marathi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Hindu traditions)	20	Telugu	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	70	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	-1 Unknown	Mal Paharia	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mara	40	Mara	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	90	Boro (India)	2	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei unspecified	2,800	Meitei	1	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Miri	90	Mising	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo	1,000	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Fanai	200	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	2,800	Mizo	3	30	-1 -	20	2,800	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	50	Mundari	5	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	-1 Unknown	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Tamil	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naga	1,200	Nagamese	3	30	-1 -	30	1,100	-1 -	20
Naga Tangkhul	500	Naga, Tangkhul (India)	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	50	Malayalam	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	400	Bengali	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Newah	200	Nepali	1	200	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nissi	-1 Unknown	Nyishi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	100	Kurux	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paite (Christian traditions)	500	Chin, Paite	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Paliya	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Khan	90	Bengali	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pawi	20	Chin, Hakha	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Pnar	400	Khasi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	80
Poi	700	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	4,900	Bengali	1	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	500	Assamese	2	400	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	1,600	Nepali	2	500	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	1,000
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	20
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	500	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -
Raju	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	300	Hindi	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ralte	700	Mizo	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Ranabhat	600	Assamese	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	100	Hindi	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rongmei	50	Naga, Inpui	3	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	200	Santhali	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Saora unspecified	300	Odia	2	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	400	Nepali	1	300	-1 -	70	30	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	600	Urdu	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sema	200	Naga, Sumi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	400	Urdu	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	8,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shan, Tai Man	-1 Unknown	Phake	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	100	Nepali	2	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Singpho	100	Singpho	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	4,200	Nepali	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	90	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Tamang	300	Nepali	2	200	-1 -	80	50	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakali	20	Nepali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	300	Nepali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thami	20	Nepali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	300	Bhojpuri	1	300	-1 -	30	30	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	90	Tibetan, Central	1	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	400	Kok Borok	2	400	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Tiwa	39,000	Assamese	1	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	300	Bengali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turaiha	30	Bhojpuri	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaiphei	100	Vaiphei	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Mehtar	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	30	Tamil	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	20	Tamil	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	2,700	Bengali	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	300	Nepali	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Zeliang	400	Naga, Zeme	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 167	926,000		115 ●	162,000	15,000	3,500	611,000	2,500	130,000

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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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