Subgroups: 1
Subgroup Name | Population ▼ | |
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Kadma | 1,300 |
In the state of Madya Pradesh in India, there are many tribal peoples that play a part in Indian culture. One of them is the Kharwar, and most anthropologists agree they are one of the original tribes in India. The term Kharwar means grass and it has been said that they never destroy grass.
Kharwar come from the family of Dravidians. Some Kharwar say they are from the Suryavanshi Rajputs. The Indian government classes them as a scheduled tribe.
Kharwar also live in Delhi, and in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan and West Bengal.
There are features that distinguish the Kharmar tribe from others. They have a normal appearance, but are different in complexion. They tend to keep to themselves and they are not influenced by modern society.
Unlike most tribes, Kharwar people do not have a language of their own, but they speak Hindi, and they are not well educated. The surnames they use include Singh, Kharwar and Mandal.
They are mainly Hindu in religion. They worship most of the Hindu gods like Shiva, Vishnu and Rama. They celebrate Hindu festivals.
Bible visual, audio, and written resources exist in the Hindi language, but Kharwar people remain unreached.
They need to understand that the Creator of all that they worship loves them and has made provision for them to live with Him eternally.
Kharwar people need the privilege of education to improve their quality of life and opportunity.
* Scripture Prayers for the Kharwar in India.
Pray urgently for the Lord to thrust out workers to bring His Word to the Kharwar people.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to equip, empower, protect, and guide these laborers to bear fruit that will last: rapidly multiplying disciples and household churches that lead to a Church Planting Movement (CPM).
Ask the Holy Spirit to raise up harvesters from within the CPM that will be sent out to other unreached people groups until there is no place left in Kharwar where Christ is not preached, known, lived, and worshiped.
www.indianetzone.com/9/kharwar_tribe.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kharwar
Profile Source: Karen Hightower |
People Name General | Kharwar |
People Name in Country | Kharwar |
Population this Country | 661,000 |
Population all Countries | 680,000 |
Total Countries | 2 |
Indigenous | Yes |
Progress Scale | 1 ● |
Unreached | Yes |
Frontier People Group | No |
GSEC | 3 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
Pioneer Workers Needed | 13 |
Alternate Names | Bihari; Ganjhu; खारवार |
People ID | 17158 |
ROP3 Code | 112508 |
Country | India | ||||||||||||
Region | Asia, South | ||||||||||||
Continent | Asia | ||||||||||||
10/40 Window | Yes | ||||||||||||
National Bible Society | Website | ||||||||||||
Persecution Rank | 10 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) | ||||||||||||
Total States on file | 11 | ||||||||||||
Largest States |
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Specialized Website | South Asia Peoples |
Country | India |
Region | Asia, South |
Continent | Asia |
10/40 Window | Yes |
National Bible Society | Website |
Persecution Rank | 10 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) |
Total States | 11 |
Jharkhand 288,000 | |
Uttar Pradesh 197,000 | |
Bihar 147,000 | |
West Bengal 24,000 | |
Odisha 2,700 | |
Uttarakhand 1,300 | |
Chhattisgarh 1,200 | |
Madhya Pradesh 300 | |
Tripura 200 | |
Mizoram 100 | |
Andaman and Nicobar 40 | |
Website | South Asia Peoples |
Primary Language | Hindi (401,000 speakers) | |||||||||||||||
Language Code | hin Ethnologue Listing | |||||||||||||||
Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | |||||||||||||||
Total Languages | 39 | |||||||||||||||
Secondary Languages (only 15 largest shown) |
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Primary Language | Hindi (401,000 speakers) |
Language Code | hin Ethnologue Listing |
Total Languages | 39 |
Secondary Languages (only 15 largest shown) | |
Bhojpuri 73,000 | |
Angika 31,000 | |
Magahi 30,000 | |
Bengali 13,000 | |
Santhali 11,000 | |
Odia 1,700 | |
Chhattisgarhi 1,300 | |
Bagheli 1,100 | |
Marathi 800 | |
Punjabi, Eastern 600 | |
Kharia 500 | |
Sadri 500 | |
Kumaoni 500 | |
Nepali 400 | |
Kurux 400 | |
People Groups | Speaking Hindi |
Primary Language: Hindi
Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
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Bible-Portions | Yes (1806-1962) |
Bible-New Testament | Yes (1811-1998) |
Bible-Complete | Yes (1835-2012) |
Bible-NT Audio | Online |
Bible-NT Text | Online |
Possible Print Bibles | |
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Amazon | |
World Bibles | |
Forum Bible Agencies | |
National Bible Societies | |
World Bible Finder | |
Virtual Storehouse |
Resource Type ▲ | Resource Name |
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Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching |
Audio Recordings | DAVAR Partners recording, Old Testament |
Audio Recordings | Online Audio Scripture |
Audio Recordings | Online New Testament |
Audio Recordings | Online New Testament |
Audio Recordings | Online New Testament |
Audio Recordings | Online New Testament |
Audio Recordings | Online New Testament |
Audio Recordings | Online New Testament |
Audio Recordings | Online New Testament |
Audio Recordings | Oral Bible stories |
Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio |
Film / Video | A Beautiful Hope (EngSub) |
Film / Video | Coconuts |
Film / Video | Creation to Christ |
Film / Video | Following Jesus video |
Film / Video | God's Story video |
Film / Video | Indigitube.tv Video / Animation |
Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Hindi |
Film / Video | Love letter to you from scripture |
Primary Religion: | Hinduism |
Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
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Buddhism |
0.02 %
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Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
0.14 %
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Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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Hinduism |
95.93 %
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Islam |
0.15 %
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Non-Religious |
0.00 %
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Other / Small |
0.01 %
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Unknown |
3.75 %
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* From latest India census data. Current Christian values may substantially differ. |