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The Bhatra or Bhattra are a scheduled caste in India. They live in Bastai, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Orissa. They speak Bhattri.
Some of the Bhatra are vegetarians while others are not. They eat rice as a cereal. They prefer marriages between cousins.
They do cultivation work and collect mushrooms and forest food and fish too. Some of them work as laborers. They are Hindus.
The Bhatra have traditional councils to judge in matters. They do not use family planning. Only a few of them can read and write so the gospel will need to be given in oral form too.
* Pray that the traditional council leaders of the Bhatra will come to Jesus Christ and lead others to Him.
* Pray that gospel recordings will lead the Bhatra to salvation.
Singh, K. S., ed. "India's Communities A-Z", Oxford University Press, USA 1999
| Profile Source: Anonymous |
| People Name General | Bhattra |
| People Name in Country | Bhattra |
| Population in India | 348,000 |
| World Population | 348,000 |
| Total Countries | 1 |
| Indigenous | Yes |
| Unreached | Yes |
| Pioneer Workers Needed | 7 to 9 |
| Progress Scale | 1 ● |
| GSEC | 4 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
| Alternate Names | Bhatra, Bhatta, Bhattri, Bhottada, भट्तरा |
| People ID | 16445 |
| ROP3 Code | 111598 |
| Country | India | |||||||||
| Region | South Asia | |||||||||
| Continent | Asia | |||||||||
| 10/40 Window | Yes | |||||||||
| Persecution Rank | 15 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) | |||||||||
| Total States on file | 7 | |||||||||
| Largest States |
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| Specialized Website | South Asia Peoples | |||||||||
| Country | India |
| Region | South Asia |
| Continent | Asia |
| 10/40 Window | Yes |
| Persecution Rank | 15 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) |
| Total States | 7 |
| Chhattisgarh (241,000) | |
| Odisha (105,000) | |
| Maharashtra (1,300) | |
| Madhya Pradesh (900) | |
| Delhi (200) | |
| Assam (40) | |
| Karnataka (20) | |
| Website | South Asia Peoples |
| Primary Language | Bhatri (133,000 speakers) | |||||||||||||||
| Language Code | bgw Ethnologue Listing | |||||||||||||||
| Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | |||||||||||||||
| Total Languages | 36 | |||||||||||||||
| Secondary Languages (only 15 largest shown) |
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| People Groups | Speaking Bhatri |
| Primary Language | Bhatri (133,000 speakers) |
| Language Code | bgw Ethnologue Listing |
| Total Languages | 36 |
| Secondary Languages (only 15 largest shown) | |
| Halbi (94,000) | |
| Odia (76,000) | |
| Chhattisgarhi (7,300) | |
| Hindi (6,300) | |
| Kui (4,300) | |
| Kuvi (2,000) | |
| Pengo (1,500) | |
| Gondi, Northern (900) | |
| Gadaba, Pottangi Ollar (800) | |
| Bhili (500) | |
| Marathi (400) | |
| English (100) | |
| Duruwa (50) | |
| Telugu (50) | |
| Tamil (40) | |
| People Groups | Speaking Bhatri |
Primary Language: Bhatri
| Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
|---|---|
| Bible-Portions | No |
| Bible-New Testament | No |
| Bible-Complete | No |
| Resource Type ▲ | Resource Name |
|---|---|
| Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) |
| Audio Recordings | Oral Bible stories in Bhatri |
| Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Bhatri |
| Primary Religion: | Hinduism |
| Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
|---|---|
| Buddhism |
0.01 %
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| Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
1.51 %
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| Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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| Hinduism |
97.35 %
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| Islam |
0.02 %
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| Non-Religious |
0.00 %
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| Other / Small |
0.06 %
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| Unknown |
1.05 %
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