The Mahratta are proud Kshatriya people from Maharastra, mainly speaking Marathi.
They are located across Marathwaada while some are found along borders with Karnataka.
They mostly belong to the upper echelons of a rural society. Mainly "kunbi" (farmer) by class, almost all rural Maratha families own land and raise farm crops. The lands are usually big enough to support both cash crops and food crops.
They are liberal compared to other Indian groups. Arranged marriage is not strictly enforced, and a boy can marry a girl of his choice as long as she is a Brahmin or a Maratha. Marathas, like all other Hindus, worship many deities, and usually revere their land and earth as their mother. Marathas are somewhat tolerant towards other cultures. But as they consider themselves upper caste, they usually look down upon people they consider as not their equal.
They usually worship Shiva as their family god and consider Shivaji as their leader. They fiercely defend their culture, language and history.
* Scripture Prayers for the Mahratta in India.
Profile Source: Anonymous |
Global Prayer Digest: 2007-09-20 |
Global Prayer Digest: 2014-04-18 |
Global Prayer Digest: 2019-05-21 |
People Name General | Mahratta |
People Name in Country | Mahratta |
Pronunciation | mah-RAH-tah |
Population this Country | 30,768,000 |
Population all Countries | 30,773,000 |
Total Countries | 2 |
Indigenous | Yes |
Progress Scale | 1 ● |
Unreached | Yes |
Frontier People Group | Yes |
GSEC | 3 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
Pioneer Workers Needed | 615 |
Alternate Names | Aray Mahratta; Are Kshatriya; Are Mahratta; Are Maratha; Arya; Arya Mahratta; Bargi; Maharashtrian; Maharathi; Maharatta Kshatriya; Mahratta Kshatriya; Maratha; Marathi; Maratta; Naratha; Rao; महरातटा |
People ID | 17554 |
ROP3 Code | 112978 |
Affinity Bloc | South Asian Peoples |
People Cluster | South Asia Hindu - Mahratta |
People Group | Mahratta |
Ethnic Code | CNN25 |
Affinity Bloc | South Asian Peoples |
People Cluster | South Asia Hindu - Mahratta |
People Group | Mahratta |
Ethnic Code | CNN25 |
Total Subgroups | 12 |
Are 33,000 | |
Dhangar 7,200 | |
Khasgi 500 | |
Lekavali 500 | |
Dhanojia 0 | |
Khaira 0 | |
Mohite 0 | |
More 0 | |
Namdev 0 | |
Sapotkuli 0 |
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 | 35 | |||||||||||||||
Largest States (only 15 largest shown) |
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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 | 35 (only 20 largest shown) |
Maharashtra 27,019,000 | |
Karnataka 2,218,000 | |
Madhya Pradesh 408,000 | |
Gujarat 333,000 | |
Telangana 295,000 | |
Goa 151,000 | |
Tamil Nadu 141,000 | |
Chhattisgarh 46,000 | |
Kerala 41,000 | |
Andhra Pradesh 37,000 | |
Dadra and Nagar Have 34,000 | |
Daman and Diu 18,000 | |
Delhi 7,200 | |
Uttar Pradesh 6,100 | |
Rajasthan 5,100 | |
Website | South Asia Peoples |
Primary Language | Marathi (25,973,000 speakers) | |||||||||||||||
Language Code | mar Ethnologue Listing | |||||||||||||||
Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | |||||||||||||||
Total Languages | 26 | |||||||||||||||
Secondary Languages (only 15 largest shown) |
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Primary Language | Marathi (25,973,000 speakers) |
Language Code | mar Ethnologue Listing |
Total Languages | 26 |
Secondary Languages (only 15 largest shown) | |
Hindi 1,584,000 | |
Konkani 1,283,000 | |
Khandesi 492,000 | |
Kannada 453,000 | |
Konkani, Goan 352,000 | |
Ahirani 236,000 | |
Gujarati 224,000 | |
Tamil 83,000 | |
Tulu 52,000 | |
Telugu 49,000 | |
Nimadi 24,000 | |
Chhattisgarhi 22,000 | |
Malvi 8,500 | |
Kacchi 5,900 | |
English 5,300 | |
People Groups | Speaking Marathi |
Primary Language: Marathi
Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
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Bible-Portions | Yes (1807-1957) |
Bible-New Testament | Yes (1811-1982) |
Bible-Complete | Yes (1821-2015) |
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 (GRN) |
Audio Recordings | Online New Testament (FCBH) |
Audio Recordings | Online Scripture (Talking Bibles) |
Audio Recordings | Online Scripture / Bible |
Audio Recordings | Oral Bible stories in Marathi |
Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project) |
Film / Video | Following Jesus (India, JF Project) |
Film / Video | God's Story Video |
Film / Video | Indigitube.tv Video / Animation |
Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Marathi |
Film / Video | Magdalena (Jesus Film Project) |
Film / Video | My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime) |
Film / Video | Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project) |
General | Bible Visuals |
General | Four Spiritual Laws |
General | God's Simple Plan |
General | Gospel website in this language |
General | Got Questions Ministry |
Mobile App | Download Audio Bible app as APK File from FCBH |
Mobile App | Download Audio Bible app from Google Play Store |
Primary Religion: | Hinduism |
Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
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Buddhism |
0.82 %
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Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
0.00 %
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Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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Hinduism |
98.52 %
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Islam |
0.00 %
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Non-Religious |
0.00 %
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Other / Small |
0.66 %
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Unknown |
0.00 %
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* From latest India census data. Current Christian values may substantially differ. |
Photo Source | Santosh Wadghule Creative Commons |
Map Source | People Group Location: Omid. Other geography / data: GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project |
Video Source | Asia Harvest |
Profile Source | Anonymous |
Data Sources | Data is compiled from various sources. Read more |