North India Christian Mission works in the following states of North India in Punjab , Haryana ,Himachal Pradesh , Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir - having its evangelists and Pastors in all these five states.

Haryana
Geography
:: Area 44,200 sq.km. Between Delhi and Panjab in India's northwest.

:: Population 20,000,000; 450 people/sq.km.

:: Capital Chandigarh 850,000 (shared with Panjab and is a Union Territory).

:: Other major city: Faridabad 618,000.

Peoples: 310.
:: FC 29%. Arora 1.7m; Brahmin 1.5m; Rajput (Hindu) 1.3m; Bania 633,000. OBC (42)    63.6%. Jat (Hindu) 3.1m; Muslims of Haryana 1.1m; Jat (Sikh) 656,000; Gujar 607,000;    Teli 596,000; Ahir/Yadav 574,000; Dhanuk 434,000; Lohar 400,000. SC (44) 7.4%.    Chamar 2.1m; Balmiki/Chuhra/ Bhangi 769,000.

Languages
:: Hindi (Haryanvi) 65%; Panjabi 7%; Urdu 1.6%.

Religion
:: Religion Hindu 89.3%; Sikh 6.2%; Muslim 4.1%; Jain 0.27%; Christian 0.08% (Catholic    0.02%; Protestant 0.06%).

Himachal Pradesh
Geography
:: Area 55,700 sq.km. Mountainous Himalayan state bordering on Kashmir and Tibet.

:: Population 6,147,000; 110 people/sq.km.

:: Captial Shimla 115,000.

Peoples: 310.
:: FC 35.2%. Rajput(Hindu) 1.1m; Brahmin 710,000; Arora 320,000. OBC (23) 35.3%.     Kanet 923,000; Ghirath 391,000; Rathia 341,000. SC (58) 25.3%. Koli 440,000; Chamar     416,000; Lohar 165,000; Pahari Muslim 114,000; Julaha 108,000. ST (8) 4.2%. Gaddi     112,000; Kanaura 70,000; Gujjar 41,000.

Languages
:: Hindi 89%, most actually speak Pahari, a group of languages close to Panjabi; Panjabi     6.3%; Kanauri 1.2%; Nepali 0.9%; Dogri 0.7%; Tibetan/ Bhotia 0.5%.

Religion
:: Hindu 95.9%; Muslim 1.7%; Buddhist 1.2%; Sikh 1.1%; Christian 0.09%.

Jammu $ Kashmir
Geography
:: Area 222,000 sq.km. The disputed state has been dismembered - Pakistan seizing 83,000     sq.km. in 1947 and China 38,000 sq.km. of Himalayan Ladakh in 1950.

:: Population 9,400,000 in Indian-controlled areas; 92 people/sq.km.

:: Capital Srinagar 800,000.

Peoples: 240.
:: Main groups Kashmiri Muslim 6.8m; Kashmiri Hindu 3m; Mangrik 926,000;       Brahmin/Pandit 716,000; Dogra (Hindu) 655,000; Rajput (Hindu) 515,000; Rajput      (Muslim) 108,000; Dogra (Muslim)     100,000. SC (17) 9.3%. Megh 292,000; Chamar      180,000; Dom/Dum 147,000. ST (6) 7%. Gujjar 578,000; Gaddi 20,900 (not legally a      tribe). Tibetan-related 1.5%. Balti 33,000; Brukpa 10,000; Changpa 12,000; Zanskar      10,000; Ladakhi 8,000.

Religion
:: Muslim 64.2%; Hindu 32.2%; Sikh 2.2%; Buddhist 1.2%; Christian 0.16%.

Punjab
Geography
:: Area 50,400 sq.km. North-western India; one of the most productive agricultural regions of      the country.

:: Population 24,100,000; 478 people/sq.km.

:: Capital Chandigarh in Haryana; largest cities: Ludhiana 1.5m; Amritsar 800,000.

Peoples
:: Main groups Jat(Sikh) 8.3m; Jat(Hindu) 1.5m; Tarkhan 930,000; Brahmin 609,000;     Mahtam 548,000; Saini 538,000; Kamboh 436,000; Rajput (Sikh) 429,000; Rajput     (Hindu) 428,000. SC (51) 28.3%. Mazhabi Sikh 1.8m; Chamar 1.8m; Adi Dharmi     768,000; Chuhra/Balmiki/Bhangi 790,000.

Religion
:: Sikh 63.6%; Hindu 34%; Christian 1.1% (Catholic 0.18%, Protestant 0.92%); Muslim 1%.

Rajasthan
Geography
:: Area 342,000 sq.km. An arid state abutting on Pakistan.

:: Population 53,300,000; 155 people/sq.km.

:: Capital Jaipur 2,050,000.

Peoples
:: Main groups Bania/Vaisya 4.9m; Rajasthani Muslim 4.8m; Brahmin 4.7m; Jat(Hindu)     3.9m; Gujar 2.2m; Shaikh Muslim 2.1m; Kumhar 1.7m; Mali 1.6m. SC (65) 17%. Chamar     3.3m; Meghwal 1.5m; Balai 760,000; Bairwa 705,000; Thori 571,000; Bhangi 422,000.      ST (12) 12%. Mina 3.4m; Bhil/Bhilala 3m; Garasia 195,000; Sahariya 67,000.

Religion
:: Hindu 89%; Muslim 7.5%; Jain 1.8%; Sikh 1.5%; Christian 0.12% (Catholic 0.07%,     Protestant 0.05%).


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