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Country:	Nepal
Province / State:	Gandaki
District:	Syangja

Major People Groups

16

Major Unreached People Groups

15

Total Population

304,000

Buddhist

7.3 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

89.4 %

Muslim

0.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

2.6 %

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Photo	People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
	Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Nepali	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Bote-Majhi	300	Bote	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Brahmin Hill	93,000	Nepali	0	93,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
	Chhetri	35,000	Nepali	1	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Darjee	11,000	Nepali	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Gandharva	100	Nepali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Gharti	7,300	Nepali	1	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Gurung Ghaleg	31,000	Gurung	2	2,500	-1 -	21,000	200	-1 -	7,400
	Kami	24,000	Nepali	1	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
	Kumal	1,700	Nepali	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
	Magar	65,000	Nepali	1	64,000	-1 -	300	200	-1 -	-1 -
	Miyan	500	Urdu	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Newah	10,000	Newar	1	9,000	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Sarki	12,000	Nepali	1	12,000	-1 -	100	40	-1 -	300
	Thakuri	7,400	Nepali	1	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
	Tharu Khawas	500	Nepali	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Major Groups (displayed): 16	300,000		15 ●	269,000	500	22,000	500	0	7,700
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 48	304,000		42 ●	271,000	1,600	22,000	600	0	7,800

* 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%