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The Ghantiya of India

The Ghantiya of India, numbering approximately 350 people, are Unengaged and Unreached.
They are described as a Gujarati community that migrated from Jodhpur district in Rajasthan, whose name derives from ghanti, meaning grinding stone, traditionally making and repairing stone grinders before shifting to hardware repair work.
They are an Indigenous people in the Gujarati people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc.
Gujarati is their primary language and Hinduism is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Ghantiya 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 Ghantiya 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 Ghantiya 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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