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Deha of India

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
22,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0.00 %	0.00 %			1.1

Deha of India

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Introduction / History
The Deha people have their own dialect of Haryanvi, the language of their native state of Haryana. Not surprisingly, the dialect is called Deha. Most of them speak this language with members of their own community, but they speak Hindi with outsiders.

What are their lives like?
Traditionally the Deha people weaved winnowing fans used to sift wheat from chaff, but today most of them sell cloth.

They marry as adults. If one spouse dies, their widow or widower can marry the deceased’s sibling. For some reason divorce has become more common among the Deha people since India’s independence in 1947.

What are their beliefs?
The 21,000 Deha people are Hindus who worship Kali, the goddess of destruction along with regional deities. Instead of relying on the priestly Brahmins, they have their own sacred specialists to perform ceremonies.

What are their needs?
The Deha people have a low literacy rate even for a scheduled caste.

Prayer Points
Pray for followers of Christ to help the Deha people with literacy and economic development. Pray that they will soon give praise and worship to the King. Pray for a spiritual openness to the ways of Christ.

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31 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Population in Country:

22,000

Largest States:

Haryana (13,000)	Punjab (8,400)
Chandigarh (100)	Himachal Pradesh (100)
Mizoram (Unknown)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Deha

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Dahe	Daiya
Dea	Dhaya
Dhea	Dheya
Sajghare

111908

16685

Yes

Population in Country:

22,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Unengaged or Unknown

Ethnicity

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Language

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Primary Language:

(11,000 Speakers)

hin

Secondary Languages:

Panjabi, Western (8,700)	Haryanvi (1,600)
Panjabi, Eastern (600)	Bagri (200)
Pahari, Mahasu (20)

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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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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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