India, West Bengal state, Paschim Medinipur district people groups | Joshua Project

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Major People Groups *

182

Major Unreached People Groups *

175

Total Population

6,730,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

86.8 %

Muslim

10.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

2.1 %

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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
	Tili	88,000	1,145,000	7.6856 7.7%	Bengali	Hindu	OBC	0
	Tiyar	6,200	498,000	1.2450 1.2%	Bengali	Hindu	SC	1
	Yadav (Hindu traditions)	445,000	57,595,000	0.7726 0.8%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Yadav Ghosi	4,400	1,587,000	0.2773 0.3%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Yadav Kaonra	2,100	679,000	0.3093 0.3%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Yadav Rawat	4,200	1,441,000	0.2915 0.3%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Yadav Sadgope	357,000	2,711,000	13.1686 13.2%	Bengali	Hindu	OBC	0
	Major Groups (displayed): 182	6,680,000						175 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 406	6,730,000						372 ●

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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%