India, Rajasthan state, Jaisalmer district people groups | Joshua Project

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Major People Groups *

55

Major Unreached People Groups *

55

Total Population

813,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

75.7 %

Muslim

23.7 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

0.3 %

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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
	Shaikh unspecified	132,000	100,866,000	0.1309 0.1%	Urdu	Muslim	OBC	0
	Silawat (Muslim traditions)	100	2,100	4.7619 4.8%	Urdu	Muslim	OBC	0
	Singiwala	600	17,000	3.5294 3.5%	Hindi	Hindu	SC	0
	Sonar (Hindu traditions)	3,700	11,712,000	0.0316 0.0%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	1,400	4,940,000	0.0283 0.0%	Hindi	Hindu	SC	0
	Major Groups (displayed): 55	791,000						55 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 184	813,000						181 ●

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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%