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

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

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

121,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

93.0 %

Hindu

5.5 %

Muslim

0.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi	-1 Unknown	Adi	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Angami	40	Naga, Angami	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Anglo	30	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Arleng	400	Karbi	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	20
Assamese (Christian traditions)	500	Assamese	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Bengali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	50	Hindi	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	90	Bengali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	-1 Unknown	Urdu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	20	Boro (India)	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Bengali	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakma	100	Chakma	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	40	Nepali	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,500	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -
Deori	60	Deori	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dura	20	Odia	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	15,000	Garo	3	200	40	20	15,000	-1 -	30
Goanese	20	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Hajang	3,100	Bengali	1	3,100	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hmar	-1 Unknown	Hmar	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Illemei	30	Naga, Mao	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	20	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	200	Dimasa	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Sonwal	50	Assamese	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	20	Bengali	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	30	Kharia	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	95,000	Khasi	3	500	300	90	93,000	20	1,200
Koch (Hindu traditions)	40	Koch	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	30	Telugu	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin	100	Chin, Thado	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Lotha	20	Naga, Lotha	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	80	Nepali	2	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	70	Odia	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	100	Bengali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	50	Mal Paharia	2	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	50	Boro (India)	2	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei unspecified	40	Meitei	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Miri	40	Mising	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	50	Mundari	5	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naga Tangkhul	80	Naga, Tangkhul (India)	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Nissi	20	Nyishi	3	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon	70	Kurux	2	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	-1 Unknown	Urdu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabha	40	Assamese	2	20	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	40	Nepali	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	50	Bengali	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ranabhat	90	Assamese	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	20	Hindi	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	20	Santhali	2	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Saora unspecified	80	Odia	2	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sarki	-1 Unknown	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	-1 Unknown	Urdu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sema	40	Naga, Sumi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	30	Urdu	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Singpho	20	Singpho	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	90	Bengali	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunuwar	40	Nepali	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Tamang	20	Nepali	2	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakuri	-1 Unknown	Nepali	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tharu	30	Bhojpuri	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiwa	30	Assamese	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turaiha	-1 Unknown	Bhojpuri	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaiphei	90	Vaiphei	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-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	-1 Unknown	Nepali	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 74	121,000		42 ●	6,700	400	100	112,000	40	1,300

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Prayer Cards

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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