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The Chayakkaran of India

The Chayakkaran of India, numbering approximately 43,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a Tamil Hindu occupational community whose name means dyer. The Chayakkaran traditionally engaged in dyeing and weaving, with women working alongside men, and trace a migration from the Thuluva country.
They are an Indigenous people in the Tamil people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc.
Tamil is their primary language and Hinduism is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Chayakkaran 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 Chayakkaran 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 Chayakkaran 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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