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The Karmakar of India

The Karmakar of India, numbering approximately 32,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a metalworking community of Tripura and Assam, originally from East Bengal, whose name means skilled worker. Blacksmithy and goldsmithy remain their traditional occupations, and they worship Vishwakarma as their patron deity.
They are an Indigenous people in the Bihari people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc.
Bengali is their primary language and Hinduism is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Karmakar 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 Karmakar 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 Karmakar 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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