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

Major People Groups

6

Major Unreached People Groups

2

Total Population

109,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

92.8 %

Hindu

5.6 %

Muslim

0.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.1 %

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Photo	People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
	Assamese (Christian traditions)	500	Assamese	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
	Christian	2,300	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -
	Garo (A-chik Mande)	14,000	Garo	3	200	30	20	14,000	-1 -	30
	Hajang	2,800	Bengali	1	2,800	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Khasi	86,000	Khasi	3	500	200	80	84,000	-1 -	1,100
	Mahara	60	Odia	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Major Groups (displayed): 6	105,000		2 ●	3,500	300	100	100,000	10	1,100
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 74	109,000		42 ●	6,100	300	100	101,000	30	1,200

* 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%