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Thakar 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
104,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0.00 %	0.00 %

Thakar in India

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Text source: Anonymous Introduction / History These people are originally of Rajput descent. During Moghul attacks they fled to the forest and then via Gujrath Madhya Pradesh they came to Maharashtra. Where are they located? They live all over Maharashtra. Mainly in Dhule, jalgaaon, Nashik, Thane, Surgana, Nandurbar. What are their lives like? Until last decade they were living a tribal life. Their livelihood was dependent on the forest. But now, many of them are in basic services and low paying jobs, etc. What are their beliefs? They do not believe in preparing for the future. They live only for today. View Thakar in all countries.
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Population in Country:

104,000

Largest States:

Maharashtra (103,000)

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People Name in Country:

Thakar

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Thakur

ताकर

113776

18244

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Population in Country:

104,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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CNN25

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Language

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Primary Language:

(88,000 Speakers)

mar

Secondary Languages:

Ahirani (100)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	0.00 %	(Evangelical: 0.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	100.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

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

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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Yes

Level 2 Less than 2% Evangelical. Initial (localized) church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1807-1957

New Testament:

1811-1982

Complete Bible:

1821-2022

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching
Audio Recordings	Online Audio Scripture
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament
Audio Recordings	Online Scripture / Bible
Audio Recordings	Oral Bible stories
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio
Film / Video	Following Jesus video
Film / Video	God's Story video
Film / Video	Indigitube.tv Video / Animation
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Marathi
Film / Video	LUMO film of Gospels
Film / Video	Magdalena video
Film / Video	My Last Day video, anime
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
General	Bible for Children
General	Biblical answers to your questions
General	Four Spiritual Laws
General	Gospel resources links
General	Zume Resources
General	Zume Training
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app as APK file
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app from Google Pla ...
Mobile App	Download Bible from Google Play Store
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Marathi
Text / Printed Matter	Children and youth resources
Text / Printed Matter	Jesus Messiah comic book
Text / Printed Matter	Literacy primer for Marathi
Text / Printed Matter	Love letter to you from scripture
Text / Printed Matter	Online New Testament (Bibles India)
Text / Printed Matter	The Ancient Path
Text / Printed Matter	Tools for faith conversations
Text / Printed Matter	Topical Scripture booklets and Bible stu ...

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