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601,000

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Gandia Odisha	India	3,400	3,400	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.18 %	-1	1
Koya Dora	India	30,000	30,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.80 %	-1	1
Koya Eti	India	35,000	35,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.45 %	-1	1
Totals: 3						3 ●			3

* 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 *
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	India	6,028,000	6,029,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	121
Bhottada	India	451,000	451,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.25 %	-1	9
Bhumia	India	155,000	155,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.10 %	-1	3
Chenchu	India	70,000	70,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.79 %	-1	1
Dharua	India	18,000	18,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	1
Gadaba	India	131,000	131,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.74 %	-1	3
Gond	India	14,074,000	14,080,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.80 %	-1	281
Gond Dorla	India	157,000	157,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.41 %	-1	3
Gond Muria	India	677,000	677,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.92 %	-1	14
Gond Rajgond	India	1,196,000	1,196,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.34 %	-1	24
Halba	India	720,000	720,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.30 %	-1	14
Jatapu	India	141,000	141,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.15 %	-1	3
Juang	India	47,000	47,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	1
Kammara	India	119,000	119,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.72 %	-1	2
Kisan	India	1,607,000	1,613,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.67 %	-1	32
Kolowar	India	238,000	238,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	5
Konda Dhora	India	230,000	230,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.00 %	-1	5
Konda Reddi	India	121,000	121,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.91 %	-1	2
Kori	India	2,554,000	2,576,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	51
Kotia	India	53,000	53,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.43 %	-1	1
Koya	India	775,000	775,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.81 %	-1	15
Koya Gonma	India	5,000	5,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.00 %	-1	1
Koya Racha	India	31,000	31,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.80 %	-1	1
Koya Rajulu	India	31,000	31,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.78 %	-1	1
Kui Dongria	India	164,000	164,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	8.51 %	-1	-1 -
Kui Khond	India	1,817,000	1,822,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.22 %	-1	-1 -
Kui Kuvi	India	210,000	210,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	10.75 %	-1	-1 -
Kui Sitha	India	123,000	123,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	10.31 %	-1	-1 -
Kuli	India	16,000	16,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.22 %	-1	1
Mahli	India	400,000	431,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.25 %	-1	8
Mandia	India	2,300	2,300	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.41 %	-1	1
Mankirdia	India	2,400	2,400	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.66 %	-1	-1 -
Manna Dhora	India	19,000	19,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	1
Matia	India	200,000	237,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	4
Mukha Dhora	India	44,000	44,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.62 %	-1	1
Naikda	India	3,763,000	3,763,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	75
Parja	India	485,000	485,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.33 %	-1	10
Pentia	India	10,000	10,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.25 %	-1	1
Saora	India	970,000	973,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	16.71 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Malia	India	66,000	66,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	30.37 %	-1	-1 -
Shabar	India	524,000	524,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.07 %	-1	-1 -
Yerukula	India	532,000	532,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.77 %	-1	11
Totals: 42						34 ●			707

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	kff
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
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Language Alternate Names
Chintoor Koya
Dor Koi
Dora
Dora Koi
Dorla Koitur
Dorla Koya
Dorli (Chintoor Koya)
Godavari Koya
Gommu Koya
Gotte Koya
Jaganathapuram Koya (Godavari Koya)
Kavor
Kaya
Koa
Koi
Koi Gondi
Koitar
Korla
Koyato
Koyi
Malkangiri Koya
Podia Koya (Gotte Koya)
Raj Koya

Dialects
Chintoor Koya
Dorla
Dorli
Godavari
Jaganathapuram Koya
Koi
Malakangiri
Podia
Podia Koya
Raj
Rajkoya

Dialect Alternate Names
Chintoor
Dorli
Godavari Koya
Gommu Koya
Gondi: Dorla
Gondi: Raj
Gondi: Southern
Gondi: Southern Raj
Gotte Koya
Jaganathapuram Koya
Kavor
Kaya
Koa
Koi
Koi Gondi
Koi: Koya
Koitar
Koya
Koya: Dorli
Koya: Godavari
Koya: Malakanagiri
Koya: Malakangiri
Koya: Podia
Koyato
Koyi
Malakanagiri Koya
Podia Koya
Raj Koya
Raj Koya);
Southern Raj

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1882-1889
New Testament	1997-2016
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Koya

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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Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome suggested updates.
A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
The data is sometimes not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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