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Bhoi, Muslim of India

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Map source: Omid / Joshua Project

Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
11,000	Urdu	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %			1.1

Bhoi, Muslim of India

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Introduction / History
The sacred tree's future husband strode down the dusty road with a small band of friends for his first marriage. Majed was nervous. As a bachelor, it was demanded by Bhoi customs that he first marry a sacred flower-laden tree before he could marry a widow. His true love, Nubila, was a widow. If marrying a tree was what it would take to spend the rest of his life with the love of his life, then it was worth it.
Bhoi is the name of a caste of fishermen and boat people. Their alternate name is Kewat from the Sanskrit words ka, meaning "water," and vritti, meaning "occupation." A landless and mostly illiterate people group, they are considered a low caste of people who have degrading occupations.
Jesus, the good shepherd, would have left the many to rescue the one. Would someone go to rescue a people if there were only 200? What if there were only 100? Would someone give their life to rescue 50?

Prayer Points
* Pray that God will release a spiritual yearning in the hearts of the Bhoi people that only Christ can fill.
* Pray that their spirits will be opened to receive the words of life that can lift them into the heights of the Kingdom of God through faith in Christ.

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Geography

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31 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Population in Country:

11,000

Largest States:

Bihar (6,100)	Uttar Pradesh (4,300)
Gujarat (800)	Uttarakhand (50)
Daman and Diu (Unknown)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Bhoi, Muslim

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Bhoiraj

Kewat

112906

17491

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Population in Country:

11,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Unengaged or Unknown

Ethnicity

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CNN25r

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Language

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Primary Language:

(9,000 Speakers)

urd

Secondary Languages:

Bhojpuri (1,800)	Gujarati (600)
Maithili (90)

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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	0.00 %
Islam	100.00 %
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:

1894

New Testament:

2000

Complete Bible:

1998

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Treasure Resources
Audio Recordings	Bible Voice Radio Online
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Audio Recordings	Gospel Widgets
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (Talking Bibles)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament - Easy to Read (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament - Pakistan Bible Society (FCB
Audio Recordings	Urdu Online Audio Bible
Film / Video	Contextual Church Gathering Video
Film / Video	Gods Story
Film / Video	Indigenous Evangelistic Film
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Urdu
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children
Film / Video	The Hope Video
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
General	Bible Visuals
General	Evangelism Toolbox
General	Four Spiritual Laws
General	Got Questions Ministry
Printed Matter	Fathers Love Letter
Printed Matter	Literacy & Evangelism International
Printed Matter	Multi-Language Media
Printed Matter	No Frontiers Literature
Printed Matter	World Christian Tract Ministry
Scripture	Bible-in-Your-Language
Scripture	Easy 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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