Kanjar (Muslim traditions) 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.

Subgroups: 4

Subgroup Name Population
Jallad Unknown
Kunchband Unknown
Pattharkat Unknown
Rachhband Unknown

Introduction / History

These Muslims speak Urdu. This unreached people group lives in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Some work in mills. In Karnataka, many of the Kanjar work as day laborers. They use modern medicine. Boys are educated to secondary level.

They are monogamous, meaning that one husband has one wife. The caste council must approve the remarriage of divorcees. On the death of the father, sons inherit the property. They have birth and marriage rituals.

In Uttar Pradesh the Kanjar work in agriculture. They have a low literacy level, so the gospel will need to be given in oral form too as in Rajasthan where they speak Mewari and Hindi.

In Bihar again the literacy level is low. They speak Hindi and read and write in Devanagari. They hunt, and many are self-employed. They are semi nomadic.


What Are Their Beliefs?

Though there is a Hindu majority among the Kanjar people, there is a separate community for those who are Sunni Muslim. Sunnis believe that the supreme God, Allah, spoke through his prophet, Mohammed, and taught mankind how to live a righteous life through the Koran and the Hadith. To live a righteous life, you must utter the Shahada (a statement of faith), pray five times a day facing Mecca, fast from sunup to sundown during the month of Ramadan, give alms to the poor, and make a pilgrimage to Mecca if you have the means. Muslims are prohibited from drinking alcohol, eating pork, gambling, stealing, slandering, and making idols. They gather for corporate prayer on Friday afternoons at a mosque, their place of worship.

The two main holidays for Sunni Muslims are Eid al Fitr, the breaking of the monthly fast and Eid al Adha, the celebration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son to Allah.

Sunni religious practices are staid and simple. They believe that Allah has pre-determined our fates; they minimize free will.

In most of the Muslim world, people depend on the spirit world for their daily needs since they regard Allah as too distant. Allah may determine their eternal salvation, but the spirits determine how well we live in our daily lives. For that reason, they must appease the spirits. They often use charms and amulets to help them with spiritual forces.


What Are Their Needs?

These people need to realize that they cannot please God without being empowered by the Holy Spirit. They cannot have the Holy Spirit without Jesus Christ, the only savior.


Prayer Points

Pray for a movement of Jesus to heal and strengthen Muslim Kanjar communities.

Pray for the Kanjar people to understand and embrace that Jesus wants to bless their families and neighborhoods.

Pray for Holy Spirit anointed believers from the Kanjar people to change their society from within.

Pray for a movement in which the Holy Spirit leads and empowers disciples to make more disciples.


Scripture Prayers for the Kanjar (Muslim traditions) in India.


References

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


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Kanjar (Muslim traditions)
People Name in Country Kanjar (Muslim traditions)
Alternate Names कंज़र (मुस्लिम ट्रेडिशन्स)
Population this Country 17,000
Population all Countries 28,000
Total Countries 2
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group Yes
Pioneer Workers Needed 1
PeopleID3 17582
ROP3 Code 113009
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 4
Largest States
Uttar Pradesh
12,000
West Bengal
4,700
Uttarakhand
200
Madhya Pradesh
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 4
  Uttar Pradesh 12,000
  West Bengal 4,700
  Uttarakhand 200
  Madhya Pradesh 50
Website South Asia Peoples
Primary Religion: Islam
Major Religion Percent *
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.00 %)
0.00 %
Ethnic Religions
0.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
100.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
* From latest India census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.
Primary Language Hindi (7,100 speakers)
Language Code hin   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 6
Secondary Languages
Bengali
4,100
Urdu
3,200
Kanauji
200
Bhojpuri
100
Garhwali
20
Primary Language Hindi (7,100 speakers)
Language Code hin   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 6
Secondary Languages
  Bengali 4,100
  Urdu 3,200
  Kanauji 200
  Bhojpuri 100
  Garhwali 20
People Groups Speaking Hindi

Primary Language:  Hindi

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (1806-1962)
Bible-New Testament Yes  (1811-1998)
Bible-Complete Yes  (1818-2022)
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Map Source People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project  
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