Bhutan, Southern state, Sarpang district people groups

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Major People Groups

51,000

77.8 %

0.1 %

15.7 %

4.5 %

0.0 %

1.9 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Assamese (Muslim traditions)	500	Assamese	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania	300	Assamese	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Boro (India)	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin	400	Assamese	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhetri	700	Nepali	0	500	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darjee	30	Nepali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Drukpa	4,500	Dzongkha	0	-1 -	-1 -	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Sonwal	70	Assamese	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lap, Lakha	200	Lakha	0	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	200	Assamese	0	100	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	100	Mundari	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon, Kurux	400	Kurux	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Rabha	300	Assamese	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	200	Assamese	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Santal (Sawntal)	2,600	Santhali	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	700
Shaikh	1,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sharchop	34,000	Tshangla	1	-1 -	-1 -	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sherpa	300	Sherpa	0	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	100	Tibetan, Central	0	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	60	Nepali	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Major Groups (displayed): 21	51,000		20 ●	7,900	2,300	39,000	70	0	1,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 25	51,000		24 ●	7,900	2,300	39,000	70	0	1,000

* 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

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%

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