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The Citrakar of India

The Citrakar of India, numbering approximately 19,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached.
They are described as a traditional community of scroll painters and singer‑storytellers from eastern India, most prominently West Bengal and parts of Odisha and present‑day Bangladesh and can also be known as [no data].
They are an Indigenous people, with Chitrakar as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Marathi-Konkani people cluster of the South Asian Peoples.
Their primary religion is Hinduism.
They primarily speak Bengali.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Citrakar 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 Citrakar 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 Citrakar 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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