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Major People Groups *

12

Major Unreached People Groups *

12

Total Population

41,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

2.2 %

Hindu

67.5 %

Muslim

30.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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Photo	People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu %	Muslim %	Buddhist %	Christian %	Sikh %	Other %
	Brahmin unspecified	1,000	Hindi	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
	Divehi	20	Maldivian	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
	Ilavan	2,800	Malayalam	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
	Karimpalan	200	Malayalam	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
	Maila	60	Tulu	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
	Malayekandi	30	Malayalam	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
	Mappila	12,000	Malayalam	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
	Mavilan	500	Tulu	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
	Nadar (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Tamil	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
	Nair	14,000	Malayalam	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
	Nalkadaya	50	Tulu	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
	Pulayan unspecified	1,600	Malayalam	0	50-100%	-	0.1-2%	-	-	-
	Major Groups (displayed): 12	34,000		12 ●	50-100%	10-50%	0-0.1%	-	-	-
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 73	41,000		64 ●	50-100%	10-50%	0-0.1%	2-5%	-	0-0.1%

* 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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Prayer Cards

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%