Country:

India

Province / State: Meghalaya
District: Khasi Hills, East

Number of People Groups

167

Unreached People Groups

115

Total Population

926,000

Buddhist

0.4 %

Christian

66.0 %

Hindu

17.5 %

Muslim

1.6 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

14.0 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi 200 Adi 200 - - 20 - -
 Adi Dravida 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Ahom 7,000 Assamese 6,900 - - 100 - -
 Angami 600 Naga, Angami - - - 600 - -
Anglo 90 English - - - 90 - -
 Arleng 3,800 Karbi 200 30 - 2,600 - 1,000
Assamese (Christian traditions) 1,000 Assamese - - - 1,000 - -
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) 1,400 Assamese ☀︎ - 1,400 - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Bengali ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 400 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - 90
Bania Brittal 50 Assamese ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 1,600 Hindi ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - 300
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Bauri 1,700 Bengali 1,700 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Bhotia Tibetan 30 Sikkimese ☀︎ - - 30 - - -
 Bhuinmali 80 Bengali 80 - - - - -
 Bhumij 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) 200 Boro (India) 100 - - 60 - -
Brahmin Bengali 2,000 Bengali ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 8,800 Hindi ☀︎ 8,800 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Burmese 200 Burmese - - 100 - - -
 Chain 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Chakma 100 Chakma - - 90 20 - -
 Chhetri 300 Nepali 300 - - - - -
 Christian 8,600 Hindi - - - 8,600 - -
 Darjee 30 Nepali 30 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Deori 300 Deori 300 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Dholi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Drukpa 50 Dzongkha ☀︎ - - 50 - - -
Dulia 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Dura 900 Odia 700 - 200 50 - -
 Gangai 20 Nepali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) 27,000 Garo 700 100 30 26,000 - 70
 Gharti 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Goanese 200 Konkani, Goan - - - 200 - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 500 Nepali 70 - 400 70 - -
 Hadi 1,000 Bengali 1,000 - - - - -
 Hajang 4,100 Bengali 4,000 - - 100 - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 30 Chinese, Mandarin - - 30 - - -
 Hira 20 Assamese ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Hmar 1,400 Hmar 20 - - 1,300 - -
 Ilavan 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Illemei 90 Naga, Mao - - - 90 - -
 Jalkeot 20 Assamese 20 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 1,900 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 1,900 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Bengali ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
 Kachari Dimasa 3,300 Dimasa 200 - - 2,400 - 700
 Kachari Sonwal 2,000 Assamese 1,300 - - 600 - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kalu 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Kami 70 Nepali 70 - - - - -
Kandra 50 Odia 50 - - - - -
 Kaora 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Kapali 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Unknown Kashmiri ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 5,300 Hindi ☀︎ 5,300 - - 40 - -
 Khairwar 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Khandait 200 Odia ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kharia 90 Kharia 90 - - - - -
 Khasi 690,000 Khasi 5,500 2,900 500 554,000 40 126,000
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 500 Koch 500 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Konai 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Korwa 70 Telugu 70 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Kuki Chin 3,200 Chin, Thado 100 - - 3,000 - 100
 Kumal 20 Nepali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 40 Gujarati ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Lingayat 30 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 30
 Lotha 60 Naga, Lotha - - - 60 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Magar 19,000 Nepali 17,000 - 1,600 500 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 30 Marathi 30 - - - - -
Mahara 20 Odia ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mahishya 14,000 Bengali 14,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 80 Marathi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 70 Malayalam - - - 70 - -
 Malto Unknown Mal Paharia - - - - - -
 Mara 40 Mara - - - 40 - -
 Matia 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mech 90 Boro (India) 90 - - - - -
 Meitei unspecified 2,800 Meitei 2,800 - - - - -
 Miri 90 Mising - - - 80 - -
 Mizo 1,000 Mizo - - - 1,000 - -
Mizo Fanai 200 Mizo - - - 200 - -
Mizo Lushai 2,800 Mizo 30 - 20 2,800 - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Munda 50 Mundari 50 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Naga 1,200 Nagamese 30 - 30 1,100 - 20
 Naga Tangkhul 500 Naga, Tangkhul (India) - - - 500 - -
 Nair 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Bengali 1,100 - - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Newah 200 Nepali 200 - 20 - - -
 Nissi Unknown Nyishi - - - - - -
 Oraon 100 Kurux 100 - - - - -
 Paite (Christian traditions) 500 Chin, Paite - - - 500 - -
 Paliya 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Pashtun Khan 90 Bengali ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Pawi 20 Chin, Hakha - - - 20 - -
 Pnar 400 Khasi - - - 300 - 80
Poi 700 Mizo - - - 700 - -
 Poundra 4,900 Bengali 4,900 - - - - -
 Pundari 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rabha 500 Assamese 400 - - 80 - -
 Rai 1,600 Nepali 500 - - 100 - 1,000
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali 400 - - 20 - 20
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 500 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 500 -
 Raju 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Rajwar 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
Ralte 700 Mizo - - - 700 - -
Ranabhat 600 Assamese ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Rautia 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Rongmei 50 Naga, Inpui 50 - - - - -
Sankara 90 Bengali ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 200 Santhali 200 - - 20 - -
 Saora unspecified 300 Odia 300 - - - - -
 Sarki 400 Nepali 300 - 70 30 - -
 Sayyid 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Sema 200 Naga, Sumi - - - 200 - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 8,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 8,600 - - - -
 Sherpa 100 Nepali - - 100 - - -
 Singpho 100 Singpho - - - 100 - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Sunuwar 4,200 Nepali 3,600 - - - - 600
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 60 Bengali ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 90 Malayalam - - - 90 - -
 Tai Man Unknown Phake - - - - - -
 Tamang 300 Nepali 200 - 80 50 - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Bengali ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Thakali 20 Nepali 20 - - - - -
 Thakuri 300 Nepali 300 - - - - -
 Thami 20 Nepali 20 - - - - -
 Tharu 300 Bhojpuri 300 - 30 30 - -
 Tibetan 90 Tibetan, Central - - 90 - - -
 Tili 1,100 Bengali ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Tipera 400 Kok Borok 400 - - 30 - -
 Tiwa 39,000 Assamese 39,000 - - - - -
 Tiyar 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Turaiha 30 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Vaiphei 100 Vaiphei - - - 100 - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Hindi ☀︎ 5,200 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 2,700 Bengali ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Yakthumba, Limbu 300 Nepali 200 - - 20 - -
 Zeliang 400 Naga, Zeme - - - 400 - -
  Totals:  167 926,000   115 162,000 15,000 3,500 611,000 2,500 130,000
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