Bhattra in India
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People Group Location: Omid. Other geography / data: GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project
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.
* Scripture Prayers for the Bhattra in India.
* 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 |
| World Population | 310,000 |
| Total Countries | 1 |
| Indigenous | Yes |
| Progress Scale | 1 ● |
| Unreached | Yes |
| Frontier People Group | No |
| GSEC | 4 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
| Pioneer Workers Needed | 6 |
| Alternate Names | Bhatra; Bhatta; Bhattri; Bhottada; भट्तरा |
| People ID | 16445 |
| ROP3 Code | 111598 |
| 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 |
| Chhattisgarh 205,000 | |
| Odisha 102,000 | |
| Madhya Pradesh 1,200 | |
| Maharashtra 1,100 | |
| Delhi 100 | |
| Assam 40 | |
| Karnataka 20 | |
| Website | South Asia Peoples |
| Primary Language | Bhatri (122,000 speakers) | |||||||||||||||
| Language Code | bgw Ethnologue Listing | |||||||||||||||
| Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | |||||||||||||||
| Total Languages | 35 | |||||||||||||||
| Secondary Languages (only 15 largest shown) |
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| Primary Language | Bhatri (122,000 speakers) |
| Language Code | bgw Ethnologue Listing |
| Total Languages | 35 |
| Secondary Languages (only 15 largest shown) | |
| Halbi 85,000 | |
| Odia 78,000 | |
| Chhattisgarhi 7,100 | |
| Hindi 6,700 | |
| Kui 4,300 | |
| Kuvi 2,000 | |
| Pengo 1,500 | |
| Gondi, Northern 800 | |
| Gadaba, Pottangi Ollar 800 | |
| Marathi 600 | |
| Bhili 500 | |
| English 100 | |
| Duruwa 50 | |
| Telugu 30 | |
| Khandesi 30 | |
| People Groups | Speaking Bhatri |
Primary Language: Bhatri
| Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
|---|---|
| Bible-Portions | Yes |
| Bible-New Testament | Yes (2017) |
| Bible-Complete | No |
| 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 | Oral Bible stories in Bhatri |
| Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Bhatri |
| General | Gospel website in this language |
| Mobile App | Download Bible from Google Play Store |
| Text / Printed Matter | Online New Testament (Bibles India) |
| Primary Religion: | Hinduism |
| Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
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| Buddhism |
0.01 %
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| Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
1.82 %
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| Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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| Hinduism |
97.03 %
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| Islam |
0.02 %
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| Non-Religious |
0.00 %
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| Other / Small |
0.04 %
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| Unknown |
1.08 %
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* From latest India census data. Current Christian values may substantially differ. |
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