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Chhimba, Hindu of India

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Map source: Omid / Joshua Project / Global Mapping Intl

Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
111,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0.00 %	0.00 %			1.1

Chhimba, Hindu of India

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Introduction / History
The Chhimba people live mainly in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh. Though there are Muslims and Hindus among them, most are Hindu. They speak the regional dialect of Western Pahari Hindi, and standard Hindi as a trade language.

What are their lives like?
Families arrange marriages, and it's common for Chhimba families to exchange sisters in marriage. Boys get married at about 20 years of age, and girls at 16. Women are very much involved with washing clothes, the trade of this people group that is closely related to the better-known Dhobis. Recently some have opened dry cleaning and dyeing shops in towns. Development programs have helped the Chhimba people, specifically in the area of literacy.

Prayer Points
* Pray that soon Chhimba people will sing songs of worship to their true King as they go about their work as cleaners.
* Pray that they will share Christ with their customers, and thus share the spiritual wealth with others in this highly resistant part of India.

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31 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Population in Country:

111,000

Largest States:

Haryana (77,000)	Punjab (15,000)
Himachal Pradesh (12,000)	Delhi (2,300)
Chandigarh (1,500)	Bihar (1,300)
Jammu and Kashmir (600)	Madhya Pradesh (300)
Maharashtra (200)	Jharkhand (100)

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Chhimba, Hindu

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Chimbe	Darzi
Dhami	Dhamin
Tank Suryavanshi Kaith

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16587

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Population in Country:

111,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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Language

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Primary Language:

(72,000 Speakers)

hin

Secondary Languages:

Panjabi, Western (31,000)	Haryanvi (8,900)
Kangri (6,200)	Panjabi, Eastern (1,800)
Bagri (1,700)	Mandeali (1,600)
Maithili (900)	Bilaspuri (800)
Kashmiri (200)	Pahari, Mahasu (200)
Note: Only 10 largest secondary languages listed

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	0.00 %	(Evangelical: 0.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	100.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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1.1

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Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1962

New Testament:

1998

Complete Bible:

2000

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Film / Video	Contextual Church Gathering Video
Film / Video	Fathers Love Letter
Film / Video	Gods Story
Film / Video	Indigenous Evangelistic Film
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Hindi
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime)
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children
Film / Video	The Hope Video
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
General	Evangelism / Discipleship Resources
General	Evangelism Toolbox
General	Gods Simple Plan
General	Got Questions Ministry
General	Ravi Zacharias
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Printed Matter	Christ for the Nations
Printed Matter	Literacy & Evangelism International
Printed Matter	World Christian Tract Ministry
Scripture	Easy Bible
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Scripture	International Bible Society
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Scripture	World Bible Translation Center
Scripture	World Missionary Press Booklets
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Worship / Music	Ethnic Worship Music

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