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289,000

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Saora	Bangladesh	1,200	973,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.46 %	-1	1
Saora	Nepal	1,500	973,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.09 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 2						1 ●			1

* 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
Bhuiya	India	2,064,000	2,077,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	41
Bhumij	India	1,107,000	1,135,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.02 %	-1	22
Christian	India	1,203,000	1,516,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Gadaba	India	131,000	131,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.74 %	-1	3
Jatapu	India	141,000	141,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.15 %	-1	3
Kandha Gauda	India	26,000	26,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.82 %	-1	1
Kolha	India	699,000	699,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.27 %	-1	14
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 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	India	125,000	125,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	11.29 %	-1	-1 -
Mahali	India	81,000	81,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.34 %	-1	2
Mahli	India	400,000	431,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.25 %	-1	8
Munda	India	3,637,000	3,781,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	20.43 %	-1	-1 -
Oraon	India	4,411,000	4,570,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.43 %	-1	-1 -
Parenga	India	12,000	12,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	1
Parja	India	485,000	485,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.33 %	-1	10
Santal	Bhutan	5,200	8,212,000		Hinduism	1 ●	2.58 %	-1	1
Santal	India	7,532,000	8,212,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.77 %	-1	-1 -
Saora	India	970,000	973,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	16.71 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Jadu	India	18,000	18,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	39.08 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Jati	India	33,000	33,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	22.81 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Kapusavar	India	25,000	25,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	27.95 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Khotto	India	18,000	18,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	39.13 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Lanjia	India	24,000	24,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	29.25 %	-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 -
Sounti	India	112,000	112,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.10 %	-1	2
Totals: 31						14 ●			238

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	srb
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Sabar
Sabara
Saonras
Saora
Saura
Savara
Sawaria
Shabari
Soura
Swara

Dialects
Assam & Saura: Tea Garden
Lanjiya
Orissa
Sabar

Dialect Alternate Names
Adivasi
Kharia
Khedia
Lanjia Saura
Lodha
Saura: Assam & Saura: Tea Garden
Saura: Lanjiya
Saura: Orissa
Savar
Savara
Sora
Soura

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1939-1985
New Testament	1965-1996
Complete Bible	1992-2004

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Online Scripture (Yeshua Apostolic Ministries)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Sora

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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