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119,000

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Agani	India	500	500	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Amma Kodaga	India	2,000	2,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Ayri	India	200	200	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Banna	India	300	300	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kanate	India	500	500	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kodava	India	115,000	115,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Koyava	India	800	800	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Maniyani	India	800	800	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 8						8 ●			9

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Adiyan	India	17,000	17,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.75 %	-1	1
Aka	India	11,000	11,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.93 %	-1	-1 -
Barda	India	3,600	3,600	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.62 %	-1	1
Bhattra	India	314,000	314,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.82 %	-1	6
Bhotia	India	116,000	116,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.90 %	-1	2
Bhotia Sikkim	India	85,000	91,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.45 %	-1	2
Bhumia	India	159,000	159,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.10 %	-1	3
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	India	1,604,000	1,604,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.15 %	-1	-1 -
Brahmin	India	59,861,000	63,721,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	1197
Christian	India	1,022,000	1,295,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	12,171,000	12,476,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	243
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	India	980,000	2,203,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	20
Gandla	India	75,000	75,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Gond	India	14,445,000	14,451,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.79 %	-1	289
Halba	India	739,000	739,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.30 %	-1	15
Haomei	India	67,000	67,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	97.28 %	-1	-1 -
Hmar	India	99,000	99,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.87 %	-1	-1 -
Holaya	India	823,000	823,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	16
Illemei	India	97,000	97,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.22 %	-1	-1 -
Jenu Kuruba	India	48,000	48,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	1
Juang	India	48,000	48,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	1
Kadu Kuruba	India	24,000	24,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	1
Kapariya	India	26,000	26,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Koli (Hindu traditions)	India	2,305,000	2,345,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	46
Koli Dhor	India	454,000	454,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	9
Koracha, tribal	India	18,000	18,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.01 %	-1	1
Korama	India	221,000	221,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	4
Korku	India	1,054,000	1,056,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.31 %	-1	21
Korwa	India	453,000	455,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.09 %	-1	9
Kota	India	800	800	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.79 %	-1	1
Koya	India	795,000	795,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.81 %	-1	16
Kudiya	India	3,200	3,200	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	1
Kuki Chin	India	136,000	178,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	91.24 %	-1	-1 -
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	India	15,686,000	16,022,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	314
Kuruba	India	4,202,000	4,202,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.04 %	-1	84
Kuruman	India	58,000	58,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	1
Lingayat	India	3,432,000	3,432,000	●	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	69
Mahratta	India	30,706,000	30,711,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	614
Malaikudi	India	9,400	9,400	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	1
Malayekandi	India	1,800	1,800	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Maleru	India	500	500	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.02 %	-1	1
Marata	India	88,000	88,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	2
Mech	India	55,000	61,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	27.36 %	-1	-1 -
Meda	India	45,000	45,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.11 %	-1	1
Mizo	India	146,000	165,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.50 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	India	574,000	576,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.84 %	-1	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	India	1,289,000	1,298,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	India	3,030,000	3,055,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	61
Naikda	India	3,859,000	3,859,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	77
Oraon	India	4,519,000	4,678,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.47 %	-1	-1 -
Pale	India	9,700	9,700	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Paniyan	India	101,000	101,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.38 %	-1	2
Poumai	India	130,000	130,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.00 %	-1	-1 -
Rabha	India	374,000	376,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.26 %	-1	-1 -
Rongkup	India	76,000	83,000	●	Buddhism	2 ●	25.68 %	-1	-1 -
Santal	India	7,723,000	8,405,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.77 %	-1	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	India	7,823,000	7,911,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	156
Tipera	India	641,000	764,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	8.31 %	-1	-1 -
Vakkaliga	India	6,418,000	6,418,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.22 %	-1	128
Viswakarma	India	7,773,000	7,780,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	155
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	59,591,000	60,814,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	1192
Yerava	India	32,000	32,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.21 %	-1	1
Totals: 62						45 ●			4,770

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	kfa
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Portions
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Language Alternate Names
Coorg
Coorge
Coorgi Kodava
Kadagi
Khurgi
Kodagu
Kotagu
Kurja
Kurug

Dialects
Coorgi

Dialect Alternate Names
Kodava Thak

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1873
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

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The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - 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 presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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