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418,000

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New Testament

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Bhottada	India	456,000	456,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.25 %	-1	9
Kui, Kuvi Khond	Bangladesh	5,100	1,840,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	8.93 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 2						1 ●			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 *
Bagata	India	146,000	146,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	3
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	India	2,883,000	2,962,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.09 %	-1	58
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	India	6,088,000	6,089,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	122
Bathudi	India	229,000	229,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	5
Bhandari	India	635,000	635,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	13
Bhattra	India	310,000	310,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.82 %	-1	6
Bhuiya	India	2,084,000	2,097,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	42
Bhumij	India	1,118,000	1,147,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.02 %	-1	22
Binjhal	India	137,000	137,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	3
Chandala	India	7,100	7,100	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Chenchu	India	71,000	71,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.79 %	-1	1
Christian	India	1,215,000	1,532,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Devangri	India	51,000	51,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dewar	India	1,012,000	1,012,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	20
Dhakoda	India	17,000	17,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dhimar	India	1,840,000	1,840,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	37
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	11,892,000	12,202,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	238
Dom (Hindu traditions)	India	2,149,000	2,186,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.09 %	-1	43
Gadaba	India	132,000	132,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.74 %	-1	3
Ganda	India	1,260,000	1,260,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.60 %	-1	25
Gauda	India	2,009,000	2,009,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	40
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	India	444,000	445,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.38 %	-1	9
Ghosi (Hindu traditions)	India	286,000	286,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	6
Gond	India	14,214,000	14,220,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.80 %	-1	284
Gond Dorla	India	159,000	159,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.41 %	-1	3
Gond Jhare	India	101,000	101,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	2
Gond Rajgond	India	1,208,000	1,208,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.34 %	-1	24
Goudu	India	7,100	7,100	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.25 %	-1	1
Guna	India	2,000	2,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Guria	India	723,000	723,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	14
Halba	India	728,000	728,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.30 %	-1	15
Ho	India	1,073,000	1,140,000	●	Unknown	1 ●	2.37 %	-1	21
Holar	India	163,000	163,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.36 %	-1	3
Jatapu	India	142,000	142,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.15 %	-1	3
Kammara	India	120,000	120,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.72 %	-1	2
Kandha Gauda	India	26,000	26,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.82 %	-1	1
Kandra	India	663,000	663,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	13
Karan	India	522,000	522,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	10
Karmali	India	120,000	123,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	2
Karnam	India	82,000	82,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	India	650,000	660,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	13
Kawar	India	985,000	989,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	20
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	India	7,744,000	9,620,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	155
Khandait	India	1,735,000	1,737,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	35
Kharia	India	752,000	764,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	31.59 %	-1	-1 -
Kisan	India	1,623,000	1,629,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.67 %	-1	32
Kol	India	1,758,000	1,760,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	35
Kolah Lohara	India	9,500	9,500	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.22 %	-1	1
Kolha	India	706,000	706,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.27 %	-1	14
Koli Mahadev	India	1,673,000	1,688,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	33
Kolta	India	671,000	671,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	13
Komarao	India	9,900	9,900	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Konda Dhora	India	233,000	233,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.00 %	-1	5
Konda Kapu	India	21,000	21,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.99 %	-1	1
Konda Reddi	India	122,000	122,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.91 %	-1	2
Kori	India	2,579,000	2,602,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	52
Korku	India	1,038,000	1,040,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.31 %	-1	21
Korku Nahal	India	112,000	112,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	2
Korwa	India	448,000	450,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.09 %	-1	9
Kotia	India	53,000	53,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.43 %	-1	1
Koya	India	782,000	782,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.81 %	-1	16
Koya Dora	India	31,000	31,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.80 %	-1	1
Koya Eti	India	36,000	36,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.45 %	-1	1
Kui Khond	India	1,835,000	1,840,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.22 %	-1	-1 -
Kuli	India	16,000	16,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.22 %	-1	1
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	India	15,519,000	15,859,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	310
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	India	18,869,000	19,161,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	377
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	India	9,379,000	9,673,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	188
Mahishya	India	9,888,000	10,584,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.36 %	-1	198
Mahli	India	404,000	435,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.25 %	-1	8
Mali (Hindu traditions)	India	9,859,000	10,007,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	197
Mangala	India	1,894,000	1,895,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	38
Matia	India	202,000	240,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	4
Mawasi	India	109,000	109,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	2
Mirdhas (Hindu traditions)	India	135,000	135,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	3
Mukha Dhora	India	44,000	44,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.62 %	-1	1
Munda	India	3,673,000	3,818,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	20.43 %	-1	-1 -
Mundari	India	26,000	26,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.76 %	-1	1
Naga	India	19,000	19,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	77.36 %	-1	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	India	11,797,000	11,952,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	236
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	India	4,676,000	7,956,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.47 %	-1	94
Odiya	India	68,000	68,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.18 %	-1	1
Omanatya	India	31,000	31,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	1
Oraon	India	4,454,000	4,615,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.43 %	-1	-1 -
Paik	India	207,000	207,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.24 %	-1	4
Pan	India	1,355,000	1,359,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	27
Parja	India	489,000	489,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.33 %	-1	10
Parja Bonda	India	39,000	39,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.27 %	-1	1
Parja Parenga	India	59,000	59,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.31 %	-1	1
Parja Pengo	India	53,000	53,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.25 %	-1	1
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	India	45,518,000	45,600,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	910
Rosa	India	36,000	36,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.66 %	-1	1
Santal	India	7,607,000	8,294,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.77 %	-1	-1 -
Saora	India	980,000	983,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	16.71 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Jadu	India	18,000	18,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	39.08 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Jati	India	34,000	34,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	22.81 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Kapusavar	India	26,000	26,000	●	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	67,000	67,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	30.37 %	-1	-1 -
Shabar	India	529,000	529,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.07 %	-1	-1 -
Sonr	India	45,000	45,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.45 %	-1	1
Sounti	India	114,000	114,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.10 %	-1	2
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	India	792,000	1,517,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	16
Tamudia	India	9,300	9,300	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tanla	India	69,000	69,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.42 %	-1	1
Teli (Hindu traditions)	India	18,717,000	19,219,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	374
Valmiki	India	71,000	71,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.28 %	-1	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	58,585,000	59,829,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	1172
Yerukula	India	538,000	538,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.77 %	-1	11
Totals: 110						94 ●			5,756

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	kxv
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
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Language Alternate Names
Dongria Khond
Jatapu
Khondh
Khondi
Kond
Kuvi Kond
Kuvi, Odisha
Kuvinga
Kuwi
Laxmipur
Rayagada

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Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1916-1962
New Testament	2020-1987
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Kuvi
Text / Printed Matter	Jesus Messiah comic book

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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