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Country:	India
Province / State:	Chhattisgarh
District:	Sukma

Major People Groups

17

Major Unreached People Groups

16

Total Population

379,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.5 %

Hindu

96.6 %

Muslim

0.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

2.0 %

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Photo	People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
	Dom (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Odia	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Ganda	1,800	Odia	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Gond Dhuriya	6,800	Duruwa	1	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	100
	Gond Dorla	5,700	Odia	1	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
	Gond Ghotul Muria	1,500	Gondi, Northern	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Gond Kandra	700	Chhattisgarhi	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Gond Maria	48,000	Gondi, Northern	1	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	700
	Gond Muria	44,000	Hindi	1	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	400
	Gond Raja Muria	3,500	Gondi, Northern	1	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
	Gond Rajgond	17,000	Gondi, Northern	1	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	300
	Gond unspecified	209,000	Hindi	1	202,000	200	-1 -	800	20	5,500
	Halba	18,000	Marathi	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	30
	Halba Kewat	300	Halbi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	2,200	Marathi	1	2,200	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Oraon	1,100	Kurux	2	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
	Pardhan	1,800	Pardhan	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Shaikh unspecified	1,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Major Groups (displayed): 17	364,000		16 ●	354,000	1,900	40	1,200	30	7,100
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 158	379,000		147 ●	366,000	3,200	50	1,700	50	7,500

* 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%