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Chidar of India

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Map source: Omid / Joshua Project

Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
64,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0.00 %	0.00 %			1.1

Chidar of India

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Introduction / History
The Chidar people live in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh. They speak Hindi, India's most common language. Like many people groups in India, the Chidars try to appear to be from higher castes, so some of them have adopted Rajput clan names. The Chidar people are actually from the low-status Dalits.

What are their lives like?
They have adopted occupations like being village watchmen, militiamen, farmers, masons, teachers, civil service workers, and businessmen. Few of them own land, and wage labor is on the increase in their communities. Chidar families decide whom their children will marry. In recent years, the age of marriage has risen among them.

What are their beliefs?
These Hindus worship Devi Durga as their patron deity.

Prayer Points
* Pray that soon the Chindar people will find Jesus so compelling that they will give up worshiping all Hindu gods and give Christ their full devotion.

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Geography

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31 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

Yes

Population in Country:

64,000

Largest States:

Madhya Pradesh (56,000)	Chhattisgarh (6,100)
Rajasthan (500)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Chidar

People Name General:

111790

16592

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Population in Country:

64,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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Language

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Primary Language:

(59,000 Speakers)

hin

Secondary Languages:

Chhattisgarhi (4,300)	Nimadi (200)
Malvi (200)	Haroti (200)
Bundeli (100)	Bagheli (30)

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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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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:

1962

New Testament:

1998

Complete Bible:

2000

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Ministry Resources ^[7]		Submit Link:
Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Treasure Resources
Audio Recordings	Bible Voice Radio Online
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Audio Recordings	Gods Story
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (Talking Bibles)
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
General	Who is God Tract
General	Yeshu Samaj
Printed Matter	Christ for the Nations
Printed Matter	Literacy & Evangelism International
Printed Matter	World Christian Tract Ministry
Scripture	Easy Bible
Scripture	Hindi Bible
Scripture	International Bible Society
Scripture	Very Easy Bible
Scripture	World Bible Translation Center
Scripture	World Missionary Press Booklets
Scripture	World Scriptures
Worship / Music	Ethnic Worship Music

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