India Peoples Map | Joshua Project

Country Population:	522,000
States:	3
Major Districts:	53 *
Primary Language:	Bengali
Primary Religion:	Hinduism
Progress Scale:

People Profile

* Districts less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.
See "District-Level Lists" section in Small Group Policy.

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State ▲	Population	Districts *	Primary Language
Bihar	191,000	24	Hindi
Odisha	71,000	17	Odia
West Bengal	239,000	12	Bengali
Totals: 3	500,000	53
Other District small populations *	22,000
Total Population	522,000

* Districts less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed. See "District-Level Lists" section in Small Group Policy.

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State ▲	District *	Population	Primary Language
Odisha	Balangir	13,000	Odia
Odisha	Balasore	3,300	Odia
Odisha	Bargarh (Baragarh)	2,300	Odia
Odisha	Bhadrak	2,200	Odia
Odisha	Cuttack	1,900	Odia
Odisha	Dhenkanal	2,300	Odia
Odisha	Ganjam	4,500	Odia
Odisha	Jajpur	1,300	Odia
Odisha	Jharsuguda	1,900	Odia
Odisha	Kandhamal	2,000	Odia
Odisha	Kendrapara	1,100	Odia
Odisha	Khordha	12,000	Odia
Odisha	Nayagarh	5,100	Odia
Odisha	Puri	8,800	Odia
Odisha	Sambalpur	1,600	Odia
Odisha	Subarnapur (Sonepur)	5,400	Kui (India)
West Bengal	Birbhum	1,100	Bengali
West Bengal	Hooghly	20,000	Bengali
West Bengal	Howrah	48,000	Bengali
West Bengal	Jhargram	1,500	Bengali
West Bengal	Kolkata	2,200	Bengali
West Bengal	Maldah	33,000	Bengali
West Bengal	Murshidabad	11,000	Bengali
West Bengal	North 24 Parganas	11,000	Bengali
West Bengal	Paschim Medinipur	6,400	Hindi
Totals: 3	53	500,000	7
Other District small populations *		22,000
Total Population		522,000

Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - 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 to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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