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Malto 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
224,000	Santhali	Hinduism	14.11 %	Unknown	No	No

Malto in India

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Text source: Anonymous Introduction / History The Kumarbhag Pahariya live in Bihar. They speak Malto among themselves and Hindi and read and write in Devanagari. They are not vegetarians and eat wheat and rice as cereals. The Kumarbhag have rituals. Divorce and marrying again are allowed. The dead are cremated. On the death of the father, sons inherit the property with the oldest son becoming in charge of the home. The Kumarbhag work in cultivation and other work. Some are teachers and politicians. Hinduism is their religion. Boys are educated but girls are not. They use traditional and modern medicines. Prayer Points Pray that gospel materials will lead them to Jesus Christ. Pray that God will give them dreams and visions leading them to salvation. References Singh, K. S., ed. "India's Communities A-Z", Oxford University Press, USA 1999 View Malto in all countries.
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11 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Population in Country:

224,000

Largest States:

Jharkhand (160,000)	West Bengal (52,000)
Assam (7,200)	Bihar (2,700)
Odisha (200)	Chhattisgarh (100)
Meghalaya (100)	Andaman and Nicobar Islands (70)
Arunachal Pradesh (50)	Tripura (50)

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People Name in Country:

Malto

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Kumarbhag	Mal Paharia
Malpaharia	Malti
मलटो

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Population in Country:

224,000

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Ethnicity

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Language

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Primary Language:

(103,000 Speakers)

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Secondary Languages:

Bengali (44,000)	Hindi (28,000)
Mal Paharia (7,300)	Assamese (2,100)
Munda (900)	Maithili (600)
Sadri (500)	Kurux (500)
Ho (300)	Nepali (200)
Note: Only 10 largest secondary languages listed

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.05 %
Christianity	14.11 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	83.40 %
Islam	0.32 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.02 %
Unknown	2.11 %

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)

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Level 6 Greater than or equal to 10% Evangelical

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1868-1989

New Testament:

1887-1962

Complete Bible:

1914-2005

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Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
General	Bible for Children
General	Biblical answers to your questions
General	Gospel resources links
General	Gospel website in this language
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Santhali
Text / Printed Matter	Jesus Messiah comic book
Text / Printed Matter	Literacy primer for Santhali
Text / Printed Matter	Topical Scripture booklets and Bible stu ...

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