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Bhoksa in India

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Map source: People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project.

Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
70,000	Buksa	Hinduism	0.03 %	Unknown	No

Bhoksa in India

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Text source: Anonymous Introduction / History The Bhoksa are a Scheduled Tribe of India who live mostly in Uttarakhand in their capital Dehradun and in the Nainital region in the lowland of the Himalayas. Some of them live in Bijnor in Uttarh Pradesh. They are also known as Mehra. The Bhoksa were animists but are now Hindus. Their ways are similar to those of other Hindu communities. They use Brahmin priests. They are exogamous with several clans that are said to be of the same status as each other. The Bhoksa speak a Tharu language and Hindi. They work mainly in cultivating but many are mountain guides too. Prayer Points Pray that the Bhoksa will come to see Jesus as the answer they are looking for. Pray that God will give them dreams and visions leading them to Jesus Christ. References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhoksa_people View Bhoksa in all countries.
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11 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Population in Country:

70,000

Largest States:

Uttarakhand (64,000)

Uttar Pradesh (5,800)

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People Name in Country:

Bhoksa

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Bhuksa	Buksa
Mehra	Mehre
भोक्सा

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16500

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Population in Country:

70,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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Language

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Primary Language:

(56,000 Speakers)

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Secondary Languages:

Hindi (1,400)	Garhwali (600)
Kumaoni (500)	Kanauji (40)
Nepali (20)	Bengali (10)
Punjabi, Eastern (10)	Urdu (Unknown)
Sikkimese (Unknown)	Dogri (Unknown)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	0.03 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	99.45 %
Islam	0.35 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.05 %
Unknown	0.12 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	0.00 %
Protestant	0.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	0.00 %

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Level 1 Less than 2% Evangelical. Some evangelical resources available, but no active church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

2016

New Testament:

None Reported

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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Ministry Resources ^[7]
Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Buksa
General	Gospel resources links

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