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Kudiya in India

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Map source: People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project

Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
3,700	Kudiya	Hinduism	0.16 %	Unknown	No	No

Kudiya in India

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Geography

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11 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Population in Country:

3,700

Largest States:

Karnataka (2,600)	Kerala (900)
Tamil Nadu (100)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Kudiya

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Gowda	Malagudiya
Malaygowda	Melakudi
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Yes

Population in Country:

3,700

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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Language

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Primary Language:

(1,900 Speakers)

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Secondary Languages:

Kodava (400)	Tulu (400)
Kannada (300)	Tamil (100)
Malayalam (40)	Telugu (10)
Odia (Unknown)	Marathi (Unknown)
Korwa (Unknown)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	0.16 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	99.65 %
Islam	0.10 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.10 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	0.00 %
Protestant	0.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	0.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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Yes

Level 1 Less than 2% Evangelical. Some evangelical resources available, but no active church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

New Testament:

None Reported

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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