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Dhanwar of India

Photo source: Bethany World Prayer Center © 1999.
Used with permission from Adopt-A-People Clearinghouse

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Map source: Omid / Joshua Project / Global Mapping Intl

Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
172,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0.13 %	Unknown	Not available		1.1

Dhanwar of India

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Text source: Global Prayer Digest / Keith Carey Introduction / History Traditionally the Dhanwar people have been archers who make their living by hunting wild game in the forests of central Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The Indian government regulates such activities, so the Dhanwar people are more likely to engage in making baskets or agriculture. Most are landless, and the less fortunate among them are day laborers. What are their lives like? Being a poor people, they seldom have the luxury of sending their children to school. That keeps their literacy rate low and their economic opportunities limited. The Dhanwar people often use their clan names as their family names. They are marrying later, but unfortunately, their divorce rate is increasing. They live in nuclear families where property is inherited equally among all siblings, whether male or female. What are their beliefs? Few of them have access to mass media, so evangelistic efforts have their limitations for these 172,000 people. Prayer Points * Pray for the JESUS Film to become available to the Dhanwar people in a language that they can understand. * Pray for believers to go to them in efforts to develop their economic life and to introduce them to the Christ. View Dhanwar in all countries.
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Geography

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31 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Population in Country:

172,000

Largest States:

Maharashtra (112,000)	Chhattisgarh (48,000)
Madhya Pradesh (4,200)	Odisha (3,200)
West Bengal (2,500)	Jharkhand (600)
Tripura (100)	Assam (Unknown)
Chandigarh (Unknown)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Dhanwar

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Baiga	Dhaner
Dhanohar	Dhanuhar
Dhanvar	Dhenvar
Dhenwar	Dhenyar
Lodha	Palita
Seonta

111943

16708

Yes

Population in Country:

172,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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CNN25b

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Language

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Primary Language:

(112,000 Speakers)

mar

Secondary Languages:

Chhattisgarhi (32,000)	Hindi (25,000)
Bengali (2,700)	Oriya (1,600)
Kannada (500)	Kurux (300)
Telugu (300)	Gondi, Northern (200)
Gujarati (200)	Halbi (100)
Note: Only 10 largest secondary languages listed

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.10 %
Christianity	0.13 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	99.47 %
Islam	0.03 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.27 %

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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1.1

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Level G Engaged with church planting

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:

1957

New Testament:

1982

Complete Bible:

2002

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Audio Recordings	Gospel Widgets
Film / Video	Gods Story
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Marathi
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime)
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
General	Bible Visuals
General	Evangelism Toolbox
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	Very Easy Bible
Scripture	World Bible Translation Center
Scripture	World Missionary Press Booklets
Scripture	World Scriptures

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