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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Munda	Bangladesh	51,000	3,748,000	●	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	4.12 %	-1	1
Munda	Bhutan	2,000	3,748,000		Hinduism	2 ●	5.11 %	-1	-1 -
Munda	India	3,692,000	3,748,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	19.40 %	-1	-1 -
Mundari	India	26,000	26,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.23 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 4						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-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. 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	271,000	274,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Ao	India	233,000	233,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.07 %	-1	-1 -
Arleng	India	500,000	501,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	19.74 %	-1	-1 -
Asur	India	32,000	33,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	8.47 %	-1	-1 -
Bagata	India	147,000	147,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	3
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	India	2,901,000	2,990,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.09 %	-1	58
Baiga	India	573,000	576,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.22 %	-1	11
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	India	6,155,000	6,162,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	123
Barman	India	6,800	79,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.49 %	-1	1
Bathudi	India	229,000	229,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	5
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	India	556,000	584,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	11
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	India	4,200	50,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhandari	India	648,000	648,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	13
Bharia Bhumia	India	322,000	322,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	6
Bhil	India	16,908,000	17,402,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.77 %	-1	338
Bhotia Sikkim	India	84,000	90,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.44 %	-1	2
Bhottada	India	463,000	463,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.48 %	-1	9
Bhuiya	India	2,094,000	2,108,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	42
Bhuiya Ghatwar	India	305,000	307,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.18 %	-1	6
Bhumia	India	159,000	159,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.98 %	-1	3
Bhumij	India	1,124,000	1,154,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.02 %	-1	22
Bhumij	Bangladesh	30,000	1,154,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.06 %	-1	1
Bhunjia	India	27,000	27,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	1
Binjhal	India	138,000	138,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	3
Binjhia	India	179,000	185,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.45 %	-1	4
Birhor	India	21,000	22,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.61 %	-1	-1 -
Birjia	India	15,000	15,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	14.06 %	-1	-1 -
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	India	1,588,000	1,588,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.21 %	-1	-1 -
Brahmin	India	59,134,000	63,125,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	1183
Chakhesang	India	158,000	158,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.27 %	-1	-1 -
Chakma	India	218,000	760,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.91 %	-1	4
Chero	India	159,000	164,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.15 %	-1	3
Chik Baraik	India	118,000	123,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.34 %	-1	2
Christian	India	1,263,000	1,707,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Desua Bhumij	India	600	600	●	Hinduism	1 ●	4.49 %	-1	1
Dewar	India	1,014,000	1,014,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	20
Dhimar	India	1,889,000	1,889,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	38
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	11,993,000	12,319,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	240
Domar (Hindu traditions)	India	2,161,000	2,200,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.25 %	-1	43
Gadaba	India	134,000	134,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.63 %	-1	3
Ganda	India	1,267,000	1,267,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	25
Gandia Odisha	India	3,500	3,500	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.18 %	-1	1
Garo (A-chik Mande)	India	1,100,000	1,193,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	95.60 %	-1	-1 -
Gauda	India	2,038,000	2,038,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	41
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	India	446,000	447,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	9
Ghosi (Hindu traditions)	India	290,000	290,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	6
Gond	India	14,356,000	14,362,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.92 %	-1	287
Gond Jhare	India	101,000	101,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	2
Gond Rajgond	India	1,213,000	1,213,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.56 %	-1	24
Gorait	India	10,000	11,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.05 %	-1	1
Gujjar (Hindu traditions)	India	60,000	60,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.80 %	-1	1
Guria	India	737,000	737,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	15
Hadi	India	983,000	1,043,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.48 %	-1	20
Halba	India	733,000	733,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.30 %	-1	15
Haomei	India	67,000	67,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	97.28 %	-1	-1 -
Ho	India	1,076,000	1,144,000	●	Unknown	1 ●	2.37 %	-1	22
Jhalo Malo	India	408,000	658,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.10 %	-1	8
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	India	3,192,000	3,801,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	64
Kachari Dimasa	India	146,000	158,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	6.07 %	-1	-1 -
Kaibartta	India	1,845,000	2,325,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	37
Kandha Gauda	India	27,000	27,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.82 %	-1	1
Kandra	India	666,000	666,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	13
Karan	India	530,000	530,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	11
Karmali	India	130,000	133,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	3
Kawar	India	1,003,000	1,007,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	20
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	India	7,808,000	9,732,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	156
Khairwar	India	420,000	421,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.23 %	-1	8
Khambu	India	335,000	337,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	4.23 %	-1	7
Khandait	India	1,735,000	1,737,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	35
Kharia	India	757,000	769,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	31.45 %	-1	-1 -
Kharwar	India	569,000	578,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	11
Kisan	India	1,630,000	1,636,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.67 %	-1	33
Kol	India	1,765,000	1,768,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	35
Kolah Lohara	India	9,600	9,600	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.22 %	-1	1
Kolha	India	712,000	712,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.26 %	-1	14
Koli Mahadev	India	1,679,000	1,702,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	34
Kori	India	2,589,000	2,613,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	52
Korku	India	1,043,000	1,045,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.31 %	-1	21
Korwa	India	450,000	453,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.09 %	-1	9
Koya	India	793,000	793,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.29 %	-1	16
Kui Khond	India	1,850,000	1,855,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.52 %	-1	-1 -
Kuki Chin	India	135,000	176,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	91.08 %	-1	-1 -
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	India	15,741,000	16,185,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	315
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	India	19,017,000	19,315,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	380
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	India	127,000	127,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	11.29 %	-1	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	India	9,539,000	9,857,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	191
Lohara	India	267,000	285,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.11 %	-1	5
Mahali	India	82,000	82,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.34 %	-1	2
Mahishya	India	9,931,000	10,677,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.36 %	-1	199
Mahli	India	409,000	441,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.23 %	-1	8
Mali (Hindu traditions)	India	10,050,000	10,212,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	201
Malto	India	190,000	222,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	14.11 %	-1	-1 -
Mankirdia	India	2,400	2,400	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.66 %	-1	-1 -
Matia	India	203,000	241,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	4
Mirdhas (Hindu traditions)	India	136,000	136,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.24 %	-1	3
Mizo	India	144,000	163,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.49 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	India	567,000	569,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.84 %	-1	-1 -
Momba	India	4,500	13,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	1
Monpa	India	40,000	137,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.94 %	-1	1
Monpa Dirang	India	7,200	7,400	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.77 %	-1	1
Munda, Horo	Nepal	2,200	3,748,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.45 %	-1	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	India	150,000	168,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.61 %	-1	3
Nai (Hindu traditions)	India	11,933,000	12,102,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	239
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	India	4,695,000	8,013,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.48 %	-1	94
Namassej Chandel	India	1,446,000	4,272,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.49 %	-1	29
Omanatya	India	31,000	31,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	1
Oraon	India	4,487,000	4,641,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.48 %	-1	-1 -
Paite (Christian traditions)	India	80,000	80,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.76 %	-1	-1 -
Paite Simte	India	7,900	7,900	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.61 %	-1	-1 -
Pan	India	1,361,000	1,365,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	27
Pantanti	India	38,000	38,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pardhan	India	318,000	318,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.15 %	-1	6
Parhaiya	India	31,000	34,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.78 %	-1	1
Parja	India	498,000	498,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.31 %	-1	10
Patelia	India	120,000	123,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	2
Patial	India	40,000	49,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.10 %	-1	1
Patralu	India	121,000	121,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Pentia	India	10,000	10,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.25 %	-1	1
Poumai	India	129,000	129,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.00 %	-1	-1 -
Rabha	India	370,000	372,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.26 %	-1	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	Bhutan	9,800	6,647,000		Hinduism	1 ●	1.81 %	-1	1
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	India	4,951,000	6,647,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.47 %	-1	99
Rajwar	India	610,000	620,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	12
Santal (Sawntal)	India	7,639,000	7,898,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.77 %	-1	-1 -
Saora	India	984,000	987,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	16.77 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Jati	India	34,000	34,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	22.81 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Malia	India	67,000	67,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	30.37 %	-1	-1 -
Sauria Paharia	India	53,000	58,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	46.85 %	-1	-1 -
Shabar	India	532,000	532,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.14 %	-1	-1 -
Sounti	India	114,000	114,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.10 %	-1	2
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	India	813,000	1,573,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.17 %	-1	16
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	India	420,000	638,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	8
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	India	4,860,000	5,063,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	97
Teli (Hindu traditions)	India	18,839,000	19,359,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	377
Thakkar	India	586,000	596,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	12
Turi (Hindu traditions)	India	350,000	371,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	-1	7
Wancho	India	65,000	65,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	89.59 %	-1	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	58,642,000	59,932,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	1173
Zeliang	India	104,000	104,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	93.66 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 140						107 ●			6,799

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Item	Value
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

Dialects
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

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1876-1965
New Testament	2020-1895
Complete Bible	1910-2002

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Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Mundari
Film / Video	LUMO film of Gospels
General	Gospel website in this language
Text / Printed Matter	Jesus Messiah comic book
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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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