Kalingi in India


Population
Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
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* Data can be from various sources including official census, agencies, and local research. Data from these sources can sometimes differ even by orders of magnitude. Joshua Project attempts to present a conservative, balanced estimate.

Introduction / History

The Kalingi people wear the sacred thread, so they have high status as Hindus.

The Kalingi are believed to be immigrants from Chhattisgarh, and today they live primarily in Odisha. They are subdivided into two subgroups, and further divided into various lineages and clans.


What Are Their Lives Like?

They prohibit divorce. Many own land and are farmers, and others are employed in various ways.


What Are Their Beliefs?

They are followers of a form of Hinduism, and worship family and clan deities. Their sacred specialists are from their own community.


What Are Their Needs?

The Kalingi people need the spiritual humility to accept that they need someone to save them from sin against a holy God.


Prayer Points

A few Kalinga have reported themselves as Christians to the census of India. Please pray these Christians will come to a clear understanding of what it means to know Christ as savior and lord and will be zealous to know and serve him.

Pray for Kalingi disciplers who will disciple others in the ways of Christ.


Scripture Prayers for the Kalingi in India.


References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalingi


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Kalingi
People Name in Country Kalingi
Alternate Names Kalanga; Kalanki; Kaliji; Kalinga; Kalinji; Kalita; Kintali Kalinga; कॅलिंगी
Population this Country 308,000
Population all Countries 308,000
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed 6
PeopleID3 17055
ROP3 Code 112393
Country India
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 11  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Total States on file 11
Largest States
Odisha
279,000
Andhra Pradesh
15,000
Chhattisgarh
7,700
West Bengal
3,500
Assam
1,300
Jharkhand
500
Delhi
300
Maharashtra
300
Tripura
100
Gujarat
60
Rajasthan
50
Districts Interactive map, listing and data download
Specialized Website South Asia Peoples
Country India
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 11  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Total States 11
  Odisha 279,000
  Andhra Pradesh 15,000
  Chhattisgarh 7,700
  West Bengal 3,500
  Assam 1,300
  Jharkhand 500
  Delhi 300
  Maharashtra 300
  Tripura 100
  Gujarat 60
  Rajasthan 50
Website South Asia Peoples
Primary Religion: Hinduism
Major Religion Percent *
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical Unknown)
0.11 %
Ethnic Religions
0.00 %
Hinduism
99.89 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
* From latest India census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.
Primary Language Odia (247,000 speakers)
Language Code ory   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 11
Secondary Languages
Telugu
16,000
Sambalpuri
4,900
Kui (India)
1,500
Bengali
1,000
Hindi
600
Kurux
500
Pengo
300
Kui, Dawik
300
Assamese
200
Santhali: Karmali
Primary Language Odia (247,000 speakers)
Language Code ory   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 11
Secondary Languages
  Telugu 16,000
  Sambalpuri 4,900
  Kui (India) 1,500
  Bengali 1,000
  Hindi 600
  Kurux 500
  Pengo 300
  Kui, Dawik 300
  Assamese 200
  Santhali: Karmali 10
People Groups Speaking Odia

Primary Language:  Odia

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (1811-1956)
Bible-New Testament Yes  (1809-2000)
Bible-Complete Yes  (1815-2021)
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Map Source People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project  
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