India, West Bengal state, Kolkata district people groups | Joshua Project

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Major People Groups *

180

Major Unreached People Groups *

169

Total Population

5,475,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

74.9 %

Muslim

23.3 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

0.7 %

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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
	Yadav Ghosi	4,100	1,587,000	0.2583 0.3%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Yadav Kaonra	2,100	679,000	0.3093 0.3%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Yadav Rawat	4,300	1,441,000	0.2984 0.3%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
	Yadav Sadgope	74,000	2,711,000	2.7296 2.7%	Bengali	Hindu	OBC	0
	Yakkha	200	5,800	3.4483 3.4%	Yakkha	Other	OBC	2
	Major Groups (displayed): 180	5,410,000						169 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 463	5,475,000						410 ●

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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%