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The Bantar of India

The Bantar of India, numbering approximately 151,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a Scheduled Caste community of northern Bihar whose name derives from ban, meaning bamboo, traditionally engaged in bamboo work, thatching and fishing. They are Maithili-speaking Hindus influenced by the Kabirpanth tradition and can also be known as [no data].
They are an Indigenous people, with Bantar as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Bihari people cluster of the South Asian Peoples.
Their primary religion is Folk Hinduism.
They primarily speak Maithili.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Bantar are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Bantar are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

No longer Unreached

The Bantar are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

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