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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Munda	Bhutan	1,900	3,870,000		Hinduism	2 ●	5.11 %	-1	-1 -
Munda	India	3,726,000	3,870,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	20.40 %	-1	-1 -
Mundari	India	26,000	26,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.76 %	-1	1
Totals: 3						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 *
Agariya (Hindu traditions)	India	208,000	208,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.29 %	-1	4
Amat	India	257,000	260,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	5
Ao	India	235,000	235,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.07 %	-1	-1 -
Arleng	India	504,000	505,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	19.63 %	-1	-1 -
Asur	India	32,000	33,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	8.57 %	-1	-1 -
Bagata	India	149,000	149,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	3
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	India	2,927,000	3,006,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.09 %	-1	59
Baiga	India	582,000	585,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.22 %	-1	12
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	India	6,169,000	6,170,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	123
Barman	India	6,900	6,900	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.49 %	-1	1
Bathudi	India	232,000	232,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	5
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	India	550,000	587,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	11
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	India	4,200	31,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhandari	India	643,000	643,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	13
Bharia Bhumia	India	325,000	325,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	7
Bhil	India	17,097,000	17,599,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.76 %	-1	342
Bhotia Sikkim	India	85,000	91,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.45 %	-1	2
Bhottada	India	463,000	463,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.25 %	-1	9
Bhuiya	India	2,115,000	2,128,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	42
Bhuiya Ghatwar	India	311,000	312,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.17 %	-1	6
Bhumia	India	159,000	159,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.10 %	-1	3
Bhumij	India	1,137,000	1,165,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.00 %	-1	23
Bhumij	Bangladesh	28,000	1,165,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.12 %	-1	1
Bhunjia	India	27,000	28,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	1
Binjhal	India	139,000	139,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	3
Binjhia	India	181,000	187,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.45 %	-1	4
Birhor	India	21,000	22,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	6.02 %	-1	-1 -
Birjia	India	13,000	13,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	16.23 %	-1	-1 -
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
Chakhesang	India	160,000	160,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.27 %	-1	-1 -
Chakma	India	220,000	679,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.83 %	-1	4
Chero	India	162,000	167,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.15 %	-1	3
Chik Baraik	India	119,000	124,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.34 %	-1	2
Christian	India	1,022,000	1,295,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Desua Bhumij	India	600	600	●	Hinduism	1 ●	4.49 %	-1	1
Dewar	India	322,000	322,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	6
Dhimar	India	1,865,000	1,865,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	37
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	12,171,000	12,476,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	243
Dom (Hindu traditions)	India	2,311,000	2,348,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.51 %	-1	46
Gadaba	India	135,000	135,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.74 %	-1	3
Ganda	India	1,295,000	1,295,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.65 %	-1	26
Gandia Odisha	India	3,500	3,500	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.18 %	-1	1
Garo	India	1,112,000	1,239,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	95.60 %	-1	-1 -
Gauda	India	2,023,000	2,023,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	40
Ghara	India	300	300	●	Hinduism	2 ●	12.31 %	-1	-1 -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	India	462,000	463,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.50 %	-1	9
Ghosi (Hindu traditions)	India	289,000	289,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	6
Gond	India	14,445,000	14,451,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.79 %	-1	289
Gond Jhare	India	102,000	102,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	2
Gond Rajgond	India	1,226,000	1,226,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.34 %	-1	25
Gorait	India	11,000	12,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.97 %	-1	1
Gujjar (Hindu traditions)	India	61,000	61,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.80 %	-1	1
Guria	India	732,000	732,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	15
Hadi	India	1,008,000	1,066,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.51 %	-1	20
Halba	India	739,000	739,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.30 %	-1	15
Haomei	India	67,000	67,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	97.28 %	-1	-1 -
Ho	India	1,089,000	1,156,000	●	Unknown	1 ●	2.37 %	-1	22
Jhalo Malo	India	428,000	669,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	9
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	India	3,214,000	3,808,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	64
Kachari Dimasa	India	147,000	158,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	6.10 %	-1	-1 -
Kaibartta	India	1,912,000	2,372,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.09 %	-1	38
Kandha Gauda	India	27,000	27,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.82 %	-1	1
Kandra	India	745,000	745,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	15
Karan	India	529,000	529,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	11
Karmali	India	122,000	125,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	2
Kawar	India	1,001,000	1,005,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	20
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	India	7,857,000	9,716,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	157
Khairwar	India	423,000	424,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.24 %	-1	8
Khambu	India	339,000	341,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	4.24 %	-1	7
Khandait	India	1,758,000	1,760,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.04 %	-1	35
Kharia	India	761,000	773,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	31.62 %	-1	-1 -
Kharwar	India	574,000	583,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	11
Kisan	India	1,637,000	1,643,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.68 %	-1	33
Kol	India	1,784,000	1,786,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	36
Kolah Lohara	India	9,700	9,700	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.20 %	-1	1
Kolha	India	717,000	717,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.27 %	-1	14
Koli Mahadev	India	1,698,000	1,712,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	34
Kori	India	2,618,000	2,640,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	52
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
Koya	India	795,000	795,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.81 %	-1	16
Kui Khond	India	1,863,000	1,868,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.22 %	-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
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	India	19,162,000	19,450,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	383
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	India	128,000	128,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	11.29 %	-1	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	India	9,490,000	9,779,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	190
Lohara	India	268,000	286,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.13 %	-1	5
Mahali	India	83,000	83,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.34 %	-1	2
Mahishya	India	9,986,000	10,676,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	200
Mahli	India	409,000	440,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.26 %	-1	8
Mali (Hindu traditions)	India	9,962,000	10,109,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	199
Malto	India	192,000	227,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	14.11 %	-1	-1 -
Mankirdia	India	2,400	2,400	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.66 %	-1	-1 -
Matia	India	205,000	242,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	4
Mirdhas (Hindu traditions)	India	137,000	137,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	3
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 -
Momba	India	4,600	4,600	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	1
Monpa	India	41,000	136,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.94 %	-1	1
Monpa Dirang	India	7,300	7,500	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.77 %	-1	1
Munda	Bangladesh	139,000	3,870,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	10.62 %	-1	-1 -
Munda, Horo	Nepal	2,100	3,870,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.45 %	-1	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	India	153,000	172,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.60 %	-1	3
Nai (Hindu traditions)	India	11,950,000	12,102,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	239
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	India	4,880,000	8,132,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.47 %	-1	98
Namassej Chandel	India	1,492,000	4,385,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.50 %	-1	30
Omanatya	India	32,000	32,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	1
Oraon	India	4,519,000	4,678,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.47 %	-1	-1 -
Paite (Christian traditions)	India	81,000	81,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.76 %	-1	-1 -
Paite Simte	India	8,000	8,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.61 %	-1	-1 -
Pan	India	1,590,000	1,594,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.91 %	-1	32
Pantanti	India	35,000	35,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pardhan	India	322,000	322,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.15 %	-1	6
Parhaiya	India	36,000	39,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	1
Parja	India	497,000	497,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.33 %	-1	10
Patelia	India	121,000	122,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	2
Patial	India	75,000	84,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	2
Patralu	India	122,000	122,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Pentia	India	10,000	10,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.25 %	-1	1
Pod	India	3,015,000	3,025,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.36 %	-1	60
Poumai	India	130,000	130,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.00 %	-1	-1 -
Rabha	India	374,000	376,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.26 %	-1	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	Bhutan	9,500	6,638,000		Hinduism	1 ●	1.81 %	-1	1
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	India	4,992,000	6,638,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.46 %	-1	100
Rajwar	India	617,000	627,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	12
Santal	India	7,723,000	8,405,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.77 %	-1	-1 -
Saora	India	994,000	997,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	16.70 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Jati	India	34,000	34,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	22.81 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Malia	India	68,000	68,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	30.37 %	-1	-1 -
Sauria Paharia	India	53,000	58,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	46.85 %	-1	-1 -
Shabar	India	538,000	538,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.07 %	-1	-1 -
Sounti	India	115,000	115,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.10 %	-1	2
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	India	793,000	1,511,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	16
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	India	445,000	654,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	9
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	India	4,889,000	5,084,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	98
Teli (Hindu traditions)	India	18,941,000	19,436,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	379
Thakkar	India	593,000	598,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	12
Turi (Hindu traditions)	India	347,000	365,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	7
Wancho	India	66,000	66,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	89.59 %	-1	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	59,591,000	60,814,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	1192
Zeliang	India	106,000	106,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	93.67 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 143						108 ●			6,915

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Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	unr
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Bhumij (Bhumij Munda)
Bhumij Munda
Bhumij Thar
Colh
Hasada
Horo
Kera'
Kolh
Mandari
Mondari
Munari
Munda
Muṇḍari
Sadar Bhumij
Santhai
Santhali
Satar

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Bangladesh
Bhumij
Hasada'
Hasada’
Kera
Kera’
Latar
Munda
Naguri

Dialect Alternate Names
Bangla: Kera
Bengali: Kera
Bhumese
Kera'
Mondari
Munda
Mundari: Bangladesh
Mundari: Bhumij
Mundari: Kera'
Mundari: Naguri

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Bible Portions	1876-1965
New Testament	1895-2001
Complete Bible	1910-2002

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Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Mundari
Text / Printed Matter	Jesus Messiah comic book
Text / Printed Matter	World Missionary Press Booklets

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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