India, Manipur state people groups

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Total People Groups *

199

Unreached People Groups *

128

Total Population

3,089,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

38.0 %

Hindu

45.2 %

Muslim

7.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

8.7 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu %	Muslim %	Buddhist %	Christian %	Sikh %	Other %
Ahnal	22,000	Anal	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0-0.1%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Ahom	5,500	Assamese	1	50-100%	-	-	0.1-2%	-	-
Aimol	3,000	Aimol	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	-	50-100%	-	-
Aka	400	Hruso	2	50-100%	-	10-50%	5-10%	-	10-50%
Angami	200	Naga, Angami	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Anglo	100	English	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Ao	200	Naga, Ao	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Arleng	300	Karbi	2	10-50%	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Arora (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Arora (Sikh traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-	-	-	-	50-100%	-
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	7,900	Assamese	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Badhi (Hindu traditions)	70	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	80	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Agarwal	800	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	10-50%
Bania Saraogi	300	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	10-50%
Bania unspecified	4,800	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	10-50%
Bansphor (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Bauri	800	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	100	Kannada	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Bengali Muslim Moghal	400	Urdu	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Bhandari	700	Odia	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Bhatia (Muslim traditions)	40	Gujarati	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Bhisti	50	Hindi	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Bhottada	80	Kuvi	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Bhumij	500	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Biate	2,500	Biate	2	10-50%	-	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	-
Bishnupriya Manipuri	75,000	Bishnupuriya	1	50-100%	-	-	0.1-2%	-	-
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Boro (India)	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Brahmin Barna	50	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Bengali	1,000	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Purohit	1,200	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin unspecified	13,000	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	0.1-2%
Bru	90	Kok Borok	2	10-50%	-	-	10-50%	-	10-50%
Bujur	2,600	Naga, Moyon	3	0.1-2%	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Buna (Hindu traditions)	80	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Burmese	1,200	Burmese	1	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Chain	200	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Chhetri	1,400	Nepali	1	50-100%	-	2-5%	-	-	-
Chiru	8,500	Chiru	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	-	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Chothe	3,700	Naga, Chothe	3	0.1-2%	-	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Christian	16,000	Hindi	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Darjee	100	Nepali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Deori	50	Deori	1	50-100%	-	10-50%	-	-	-
Drukpa	400	Dzongkha	0	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Dulia	70	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Dura	30	Odia	1	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Ganda	800	Odia	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Gangte	17,000	Gangte	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Garo (A-chik Mande)	60	Garo	3	10-50%	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Gauda	700	Odia	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Gharti	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Goanese	70	Konkani, Goan	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Gond unspecified	1,500	Hindi	1	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	2-5%
Guria	600	Odia	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Gurung Ghaleg	500	Nepali	2	10-50%	-	50-100%	2-5%	-	-
Hadi	200	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Hajong	100	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Han Chinese, Mandarin	20	Chinese, Mandarin	2	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Haomei	67,000	Naga, Liangmai	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	0-0.1%	0.1-2%
Hira	40	Assamese	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Hmar	50,000	Hmar	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	0-0.1%	0.1-2%
Illemei	95,000	Naga, Mao	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Jat (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Jat (Muslim traditions)	600	Urdu	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Jat (Sikh traditions)	800	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-	-	-	-	50-100%	-
Jewish, South Asian	200	Marathi	0	-	-	-	-	-	50-100%
Jhalo Malo	60	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Kachari Dimasa	40	Dimasa	2	50-100%	-	10-50%	-	-	-
Kaibartta unspecified	1,100	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Kalu	100	Bengali	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Kami	200	Nepali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Kandra	700	Odia	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Kandu	80	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Kaora	80	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Kapali	60	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Karan	300	Odia	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	80	Kashmiri	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Khairwar	60	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Khampti	300	Adi	1	50-100%	-	10-50%	2-5%	-	-
Khandait	800	Odia	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Kharam	1,100	Naga, Kharam	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Kharia	200	Kharia	2	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Khasi	300	Khasi	3	10-50%	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	90	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-	-	-	-	50-100%	-
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Kolta	300	Odia	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Kom	18,000	Kom (India)	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0-0.1%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Konai	30	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Koren	1,900	Koireng	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Korwa	1,200	Telugu	1	50-100%	-	-	0.1-2%	-	-
Kui Khond	500	Odia	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Kuki Chin	27,000	Chin, Thado	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Kuki Chin Taraor	1,100	Naga, Tarao	3	-	-	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Kumal	30	Nepali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Lamkang	7,900	Lamkang	3	2-5%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	-
Loi	86,000	Meitei	0	50-100%	-	-	0-0.1%	0-0.1%	0.1-2%
Lotha	500	Naga, Lotha	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Magar	3,400	Nepali	2	50-100%	-	10-50%	2-5%	-	-
Mahara	200	Odia	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Mahishya	5,400	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Majhwar	400	Hindi	1	50-100%	-	-	2-5%	-	-
Mal (Hindu traditions)	90	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Malabar Catholic	20	Malayalam	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Mali (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Maramei	28,000	Naga, Maram	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Maring	27,000	Naga, Maring	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Mech	60	Boro (India)	2	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Meitei (Manipur Muslim)	199,000	Meitei	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Meitei Kshatriya	104,000	Meitei	1	50-100%	-	-	0.1-2%	-	10-50%
Meitei Thanga	107,000	Meitei	1	50-100%	-	-	0.1-2%	-	10-50%
Meitei unspecified	1,193,000	Meitei	1	50-100%	-	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	-	10-50%
Miri	40	Mising	1	10-50%	-	10-50%	50-100%	-	-
Mishmi	60	Digaro-Mishmi	1	10-50%	-	10-50%	-	-	-
Mizo	2,600	Mizo	3	5-10%	-	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Mizo Fanai	300	Mizo	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Mizo Lushai	5,600	Mizo	3	5-10%	-	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Munda	2,300	Mundari	5	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Naga Tangkhul	180,000	Naga, Tangkhul (India)	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	0-0.1%	0.1-2%
Nai (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Namassej Chandel	1,300	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Newah	300	Nepali	1	50-100%	-	10-50%	-	-	-
Nissi	30	Nyishi	3	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Oraon	2,000	Kurux	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Paite (Christian traditions)	56,000	Chin, Paite	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	0-0.1%	0.1-2%
Paite Simte	7,800	Simte	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Paliya	80	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Pan	600	Odia	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Parja unspecified	100	Odia	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Pashtun, Pathan	900	Urdu	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Patni (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Pnar	60	Khasi	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Poi	500	Mizo	3	2-5%	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Poumai	129,000	Naga, Poumai	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Poundra	2,200	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Pundari	70	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Rabha	200	Assamese	2	50-100%	-	10-50%	10-50%	-	-
Rai	2,200	Nepali	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	10-50%
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	0.1-2%	-	0.1-2%
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	2-5%
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	400	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-	-	-	-	50-100%	-
Raju	100	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Rajwar	50	Hindi	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Ralte	200	Mizo	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Ranabhat	300	Assamese	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Rautia	30	Hindi	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Rongmei	96,000	Naga, Inpui	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	0-0.1%	5-10%
Sakachep	1,000	Sakachep	3	0.1-2%	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Saloi	70	Assamese	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Sangtam	80	Naga, Sangtam	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Santal (Sawntal)	1,900	Santhali	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	2-5%
Saora unspecified	700	Odia	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Sarki	300	Nepali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Sayyid	1,300	Urdu	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Sema	60	Naga, Sumi	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Shaikh Faruqi	400	Urdu	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Shaikh Qureshi	2,400	Urdu	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,000	Bengali	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Shaikh unspecified	23,000	Urdu	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Shaikh Usmani	300	Urdu	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Sherpa	200	Nepali	2	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Singpho	-1 Unknown	Singpho	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sirte	2,400	Naga, Monsang	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	-
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	2-5%
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Sunuwar	700	Nepali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	5-10%
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Syrian Christian	60	Malayalam	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Tamang	900	Nepali	2	50-100%	-	10-50%	5-10%	-	-
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Teli (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Thadou	217,000	Chin, Thado	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	0-0.1%	0.1-2%
Thakuri	300	Nepali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Thangkhal	3,900	Naga, Thangal	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Tharu	900	Bhojpuri	1	50-100%	-	-	2-5%	-	-
Thoubalkonou	1,400	Meitei	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Tili	1,500	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Tipera	300	Kok Borok	2	-	10-50%	-	-	-	-
Tiwa	-1 Unknown	Assamese	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tiyar	40	Bengali	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Vaiphei	44,000	Vaiphei	3	0.1-2%	0.1-2%	0-0.1%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav Sadgope	300	Bengali	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Yakthumba, Limbu	1,000	Nepali	2	50-100%	-	2-5%	0.1-2%	-	10-50%
Zeliang	9,400	Naga, Zeme	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Zou	25,000	Zo	3	0.1-2%	0-0.1%	0-0.1%	50-100%	-	0-0.1%
Totals: 199	3,089,000		128 ●	10-50%	5-10%	0.1-2%	10-50%	0-0.1%	5-10%

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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%

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