Pindara in India
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People Group Location: Omid. Other geography / data: GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project
The Pindara live in Madhya Pradesh. The word pindara is related to alcohol. Islam is their religion.
The Pindara speak Urdu and Hindi and read and write in Perso-Arabic and Devanagari. They are endogamous. Divorce and marrying again are allowed. On the death of the father, sons and daughters inherit the property with the oldest son becoming in charge of the home. They have birth and marriage rituals and the dead are buried.
Most of the Pindara have land. They work in agriculture. They join with the Hindus with some of the Hindu festivals.
* Scripture Prayers for the Pindara in India.
* Pray that as they read the Koran they are attracted to Jesus Christ, they then read the Bible and give their lives to Him.
Singh, K. S., ed. "India's Communities A-Z", Oxford University Press, USA 1999
| Profile Source: Anonymous |
| People Name General | Pindara |
| People Name in Country | Pindara |
| World Population | 79,000 |
| Total Countries | 2 |
| Indigenous | Yes |
| Progress Scale | 1 ● |
| Unreached | Yes |
| Frontier People Group | Yes |
| GSEC | 1 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
| Pioneer Workers Needed | 1 |
| Alternate Names | Pendara; Pendhara; Penja; Pinara; Pindhari; Shaikh; पिंदारा |
| People ID | 17878 |
| ROP3 Code | 113354 |
| 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 | 7 | |||||||||
| 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 | 7 |
| Madhya Pradesh 27,000 | |
| Rajasthan 18,000 | |
| Karnataka 16,000 | |
| Tamil Nadu 2,700 | |
| Maharashtra 2,500 | |
| Gujarat 1,600 | |
| Chhattisgarh 900 | |
| Website | South Asia Peoples |
| Primary Language | Urdu (61,000 speakers) | |||||||||
| Language Code | urd Ethnologue Listing | |||||||||
| Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | |||||||||
| Total Languages | 8 | |||||||||
| Secondary Languages |
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| Primary Language | Urdu (61,000 speakers) |
| Language Code | urd Ethnologue Listing |
| Total Languages | 8 |
| Secondary Languages | |
| Dhundari 4,300 | |
| Gujarati 1,100 | |
| Malvi 700 | |
| Merwari 400 | |
| Kannada 300 | |
| Tamil 100 | |
| Telugu 60 | |
| People Groups | Speaking Urdu |
Primary Language: Urdu
| Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
|---|---|
| Bible-Portions | Yes (1747-1894) |
| Bible-New Testament | Yes (1758-2000) |
| Bible-Complete | Yes (1843-2016) |
| Bible-NT Audio | Online |
| Bible-NT Text | Online |
| Possible Print Bibles | |
|---|---|
| Amazon | |
| Forum Bible Agencies | |
| National Bible Societies | |
| World Bible Finder | |
| World Bibles | |
| Resource Type ▲ | Resource Name |
|---|---|
| Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament - Easy to Read (FCBH) |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament - Pakistan Bible Society (FCBH) |
| Audio Recordings | Online Scripture (Talking Bibles) |
| Audio Recordings | Oral Bible |
| Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project) |
| Audio Recordings | Urdu Online Audio Bible |
| Film / Video | God's Love Story |
| Film / Video | God's Story Video |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Urdu |
| Film / Video | Magdalena (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime) |
| Film / Video | Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project) |
| Film / Video | The Hope Video |
| Film / Video | The Prophets' Story |
| Film / Video | The Savior 6 - The Lord's Prayer |
| Film / Video | The Savior 8 - Jesus is Risen |
| General | Bible Visuals |
| General | Four Spiritual Laws |
| General | God's Simple Plan |
| Primary Religion: | Islam |
| Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
|---|---|
| Buddhism |
0.00 %
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| Christianity (Evangelical 0.00 %) |
0.00 %
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| Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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| Hinduism |
0.00 %
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| Islam |
100.00 %
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| Non-Religious |
0.00 %
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| Other / Small |
0.00 %
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| Unknown |
0.00 %
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