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The Patanwadia of India

The Patanwadia of India, numbering approximately 55,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a community of Kheda, Ahmedabad, and Vadodara districts in Gujarat also called Thakar or Dharala, named for Anhilpur Patan. Once bodyguards for wedding processions, today agriculture, carpentry, and diamond-cutting are common occupations.
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 Patanwadia 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 Patanwadia 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 Patanwadia 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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