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Country:	Pakistan
Province / State:	Gilgit-Baltistan
District:	Astore

Major People Groups

15

Major Unreached People Groups

15

Total Population

133,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.0 %

Hindu

0.0 %

Muslim

100.0 %

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
	Bengali Muslim Moghal	16,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Burusho	11,000	Burushaski	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Gaddi (Muslim traditions)	5,000	Saraiki	0	-1 -	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Gujjar (Muslim traditions)	19,000	Hindko, Northern	0	-1 -	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	37,000	Hindko, Northern	0	-1 -	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Kumhiar (Muslim traditions)	600	Pahari-Potwari	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Rajput (Muslim traditions)	20,000	Punjabi, Western	0	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Rajput Awan	3,300	Pahari-Potwari	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	4,600	Sindhi	0	-1 -	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Rajput Gakkhar	1,200	Pahari-Potwari	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Rajput Khokhar	2,500	Sindhi	0	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Shaikh	1,500	Sindhi	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Sudhan	3,300	Hindko, Northern	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Tarkhan (Muslim traditions)	2,800	Punjabi, Western	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Thathera (Muslim traditions)	40	Saraiki	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
	Major Groups (displayed): 15	128,000		15 ●	0	128,000	0	0	0	0
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 27	133,000		26 ●	0	133,000	0	40	0	0

* 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%