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1,142,000

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Garo	Bangladesh	129,000	1,231,000	●	5 ●	Christianity	51.38 %	15.00 %	-1 -
Garo	Bhutan	900	1,231,000		5 ●	Hinduism	42.11 %	37.00 %	-1 -
Garo	India	1,101,000	1,231,000	●	5 ●	Christianity	95.60 %	80.00 %	-1 -
Totals: 3					0 ●				0

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Adi	India	69,000	73,000	●	2 ●	Unknown	21.53 %	-1	-1 -
Adi Gallong	India	19,000	19,000	●	2 ●	Unknown	37.55 %	-1	-1 -
Angami	India	158,000	158,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	98.67 %	-1	-1 -
Ao	India	233,000	233,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.07 %	-1	-1 -
Arleng	India	499,000	500,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	19.62 %	-1	-1 -
Asur	India	32,000	33,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	8.57 %	-1	-1 -
Bagata	India	147,000	147,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.69 %	-1	3
Barman	India	6,800	6,800	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.49 %	-1	1
Bhil	India	16,928,000	17,393,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.76 %	-1	339
Bhumij	India	1,124,000	1,153,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	1.00 %	-1	22
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	India	1,587,000	1,587,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	9.15 %	-1	-1 -
Bru	India	205,000	207,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	16.92 %	-1	-1 -
Chaimal	India	600	600	●	1 ●	Buddhism	0.31 %	-1	1
Chakhesang	India	158,000	158,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.27 %	-1	-1 -
Chakma	India	218,000	685,000	●	1 ●	Buddhism	4.83 %	-1	4
Chero	India	160,000	165,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.15 %	-1	3
Chin Mara	India	44,000	70,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.32 %	-1	-1 -
Christian	India	983,000	1,255,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Christian	Bangladesh	128,000	1,255,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Galong	India	80,000	80,000	●	2 ●	Unknown	27.58 %	-1	-1 -
Garasia	India	394,000	394,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.15 %	-1	8
Gond	India	14,294,000	14,300,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.79 %	-1	286
Hajang	Bangladesh	18,000	92,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Hajang	India	74,000	92,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.96 %	-1	1
Hajang Banai	India	5,000	5,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.99 %	-1	1
Halam	India	42,000	44,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	46.71 %	-1	-1 -
Hmar	India	98,000	98,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	98.87 %	-1	-1 -
Ho	India	1,078,000	1,146,000	●	1 ●	Unknown	2.37 %	-1	22
Hojai	India	4,300	4,300	●	2 ●	Hinduism	20.38 %	-1	-1 -
Jamatia	India	84,000	89,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	8.95 %	-1	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	India	146,000	158,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	6.10 %	-1	-1 -
Kachari Sonwal	India	279,000	280,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	2.67 %	-1	6
Kahha	India	54,000	54,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.20 %	-1	-1 -
Kharia	India	754,000	766,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	31.62 %	-1	-1 -
Khasi	Bangladesh	85,000	1,614,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	84.33 %	-1	-1 -
Khasi	India	1,529,000	1,614,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	83.53 %	-1	-1 -
Khiamniungan	India	62,000	73,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.35 %	-1	-1 -
Kisan	India	1,621,000	1,627,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	1.68 %	-1	32
Koch (Hindu traditions)	India	51,000	171,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.58 %	-1	1
Kolha	India	710,000	710,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	1.27 %	-1	14
Koli Mahadev	India	1,681,000	1,695,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.07 %	-1	34
Konda Dhora	India	234,000	234,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	2.00 %	-1	5
Konyak	India	241,000	243,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	97.88 %	-1	-1 -
Koya	India	786,000	786,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.81 %	-1	16
Kui Khond	India	1,844,000	1,849,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	9.22 %	-1	-1 -
Kuki Chin	India	135,000	183,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	91.24 %	-1	-1 -
Kuli	India	16,000	16,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.22 %	-1	1
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	India	127,000	127,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	11.29 %	-1	-1 -
Lotha	India	178,000	178,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.22 %	-1	-1 -
Marma	India	46,000	243,000	●	1 ●	Buddhism	0.39 %	-1	1
Mizo Fanai	India	15,000	15,000	●	5 ●	Christianity	99.23 %	95.00 %	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	India	568,000	570,000	●	5 ●	Christianity	98.84 %	94.00 %	-1 -
Mukha Dhora	India	44,000	44,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	1.62 %	-1	1
Munda	India	3,688,000	3,835,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	20.40 %	-1	-1 -
Naga	India	19,000	19,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	77.30 %	-1	-1 -
Naga Tangsa	India	15,000	83,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	62.53 %	-1	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	India	152,000	171,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.60 %	-1	3
Nissi	India	39,000	39,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	52.92 %	-1	-1 -
Oraon	India	4,474,000	4,637,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	26.47 %	-1	-1 -
Pawi	India	53,000	53,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	98.62 %	-1	-1 -
Pnar	India	2,500	8,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	74.11 %	-1	-1 -
Rabha	India	370,000	372,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	5.26 %	-1	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	India	4,940,000	6,622,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	0.46 %	-1	99
Santal	India	7,642,000	8,340,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	5.00 %	-1	153
Sauria Paharia	India	53,000	58,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	46.85 %	-1	-1 -
Sema	India	246,000	246,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.33 %	-1	-1 -
Sherdukpen	India	3,500	3,800	●	1 ●	Buddhism	0.74 %	-1	1
Tai Man	India	5,900	4,582,000	●	2 ●	Buddhism	21.85 %	-1	-1 -
Thadou	India	218,000	218,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	97.89 %	-1	-1 -
Tipera	India	634,000	759,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	8.31 %	-1	-1 -
Uchai	India	2,600	13,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	68.95 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 71					27 ●				1,059

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Item	Code
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	grt
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible

Language Alternate Names
A'beng (A'bengya)
A'bengya
A'chick (A'chik)
Achik
A'chik
Am'beng
A'we
Brak
Chibok
Chisak
Dual
Garrow
Mande
Mandi
Matchi

Dialects
A’beng
A’chick
Abeng
A'beng
A'chick
Assam
A'we
Bangladesh
Chibok
Chisak
Dacca
Dual
Ganching
Kamrup
Matchi

Dialect Alternate Names
Achick: Chibok
Achick: Dual
Achik
Achik: Dual
Dual
Garo
Garo: Abeng
Garo: A'chick
Garo: Achik
Garo: Assam
Garo: Bangladesh
Garo: Chibok
Garo: Dual
Garo: Meghalaya
Garo: Standard
Garrow
Mande
Meghalaya

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1887-2003
New Testament	1894-1987
Complete Bible	1924-1994

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Garo

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - 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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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