India, Maharashtra state, Palghar district people groups | Joshua Project

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Major People Groups *

158

Major Unreached People Groups *

150

Total Population

3,246,000

Buddhist

1.4 %

Christian

3.6 %

Hindu

87.2 %

Muslim

5.8 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

1.9 %

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Photo	People Group	Population in District	Population in Country	% Country Popl in District	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Community Category	Progress Scale
	Valmiki Mehtar	1,200	128,000	0.9375 0.9%	Hindi	Hindu	SC	0
	Vanjara	29,000	967,000	2.9990 3.0%	Marathi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Vanniyan	2,000	12,847,000	0.0156 0.0%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
	Varli	266,000	1,257,000	21.1615 21.2%	Varli	Hindu	ST	1
	Vathiriyan (Christian traditions)	90	5,200	1.7308 1.7%	Tamil	Christian	OBC	3
	Viswakarma unspecified	1,100	10,716,000	0.0103 0.0%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
	Yadav (Hindu traditions)	6,200	57,595,000	0.0108 0.0%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Yadav Gola	1,600	4,927,000	0.0325 0.0%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
	Major Groups (displayed): 158	3,191,000						150 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 462	3,246,000						431 ●

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* 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%