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The Baidya of India

The Baidya of India, numbering approximately 641,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a Bengali Hindu community of traditional ayurvedic physicians, whose name derives from the Sanskrit word for medical practitioner. Concentrated in West Bengal and Tripura, many have diversified into professional service and business.
They are an Indigenous people in the Bengali people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc.
Bengali is their primary language and Hinduism is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Baidya 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 Baidya 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 Baidya 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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