India, Meghalaya state, Jaintia Hills, East district people groups | Joshua Project

Home People Groups Lists /

State:

District:

South Asia Peoples website

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

Major People Groups

8

Major Unreached People Groups

1

Total Population

124,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

72.7 %

Hindu

2.4 %

Muslim

0.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

24.2 %

Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo	People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
	Assamese (Christian traditions)	200	Assamese	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
	Biate	300	Biate	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
	Christian	2,100	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -
	Khasi	38,000	Khasi	3	400	100	20	29,000	-1 -	8,500
	Kuki Chin	2,600	Chin, Thado	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -
	Kusiari	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Pnar	77,000	Khasi	3	900	200	70	55,000	-1 -	21,000
	Sakachep	200	Sakachep	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
	Major Groups (displayed): 8	120,000		1 ●	1,300	300	90	89,000	10	30,000
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 80	124,000		44 ●	3,000	600	100	90,000	20	30,000

* District level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

Download Sources Definitions

Prayer Cards

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%