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The Jalia Kaibarta of India

The Jalia Kaibarta of India, numbering approximately 1,340,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a Scheduled Caste fishing community of West Bengal and Tripura, also known as Jele or Jalia, whose name derives from jal, meaning net or water. They traditionally fished and wove nets and are Hindu.
They are an Indigenous people in the Mallah people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc.
Bengali is their primary language and Folk Hinduism is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Jalia Kaibarta 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 Jalia Kaibarta 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 Jalia Kaibarta 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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