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The Banpar of India

The Banpar of India, numbering approximately 23,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached.
They are described as an Angika-speaking agricultural and fishing community of northern Bihar who trace their descent to a Nishada ruler. They are known to neighbors as Mondal, are organized into eight endogamous subgroups and can also be known as [no data].
They are an Indigenous people, with Banpar as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Mallah people cluster of the South Asian Peoples.
Their primary religion is Hinduism.
They primarily speak Angika.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Banpar 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 Banpar 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 Banpar 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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