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The Bhumia of India

The Bhumia of India, numbering approximately 192,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a Scheduled Tribe regarded as early settlers of the Jabalpur region of Madhya Pradesh, whose name derives from bhumi, meaning land. They are largely Hindu agricultural laborers with clan-based social organization and ancestor worship and can also be known as [no data].
They are an Indigenous people, with Bhumia as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples.
Their primary religion is Folk Hinduism.
They primarily speak Odia.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Bhumia 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 Bhumia 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 Bhumia 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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