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The Sadhu Chetty of India

The Sadhu Chetty of India, numbering approximately 41,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached.
They are described as a community of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and Puducherry also called Janappan or Goniga, traditionally weavers and menders of jute gunny-bags. Business and agriculture have largely replaced this traditional craft.
They are an Indigenous people in the Telugu people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc.
Telugu is their primary language and Hinduism is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Sadhu Chetty 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 Sadhu Chetty 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 Sadhu Chetty 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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