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Pardhan 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
376,000	Pardhan	Hinduism	0.15 %	Unknown	No

Pardhan in India

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Text source: Anonymous Introduction / History The Pardhan live in the Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh in India. They are wheat farmers and are musicians who play music to the nearby Gond people. They play the bana, a three string fiddle, while some play a harp. This may be an opportunity for musicians who are Christians to befriend them. The Pardhan also live in Andhra Pradesh. Pardhan means minister or agent to the minister. They speak Gond and Hindi. They recite legends in both languages. They are not vegetarians and eat wheat and rice as cereals. The Pardhan are a scheduled caste and Hindus by religion. Prayer Points Pray that the Pardhan may discover music that is Christian and that this would lead them to Jesus Christ. Pray that gospel materials will bring them to salvation. References http://oberlin.edu/faculty/rknight/pardhan.htm http://tribesindia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=714&Itemid=104&lang=en View Pardhan in all countries.
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Population in Country:

376,000

Largest States:

Maharashtra (171,000)	Madhya Pradesh (146,000)
Telangana (29,000)	Chhattisgarh (15,000)
Odisha (12,000)	Jharkhand (400)
Karnataka (100)	Sikkim (60)
Andhra Pradesh (50)	Tamil Nadu (40)

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People Name in Country:

Pardhan

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Desai	Parganiha
Parganika	Patadi
Pataria	Pathari
Pradhan	Prodhana
Saroti	पर्धन

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Population in Country:

376,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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CNN25

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Language

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Primary Language:

(139,000 Speakers)

pch

Secondary Languages:

Marathi (76,000)	Hindi (64,000)
Gondi, Northern (17,000)	Odia (9,100)
Telugu (5,000)	Chhattisgarhi (3,600)
Gondi, Adilabad (800)	Bhili (700)
Gondi, Aheri (500)	Gujarati (400)
Note: Only 10 largest secondary languages listed

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.12 %
Christianity	0.15 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	95.51 %
Islam	0.22 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.02 %
Unknown	3.98 %

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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Yes

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

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

2014

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 Pardhan
Film / Video	My Last Day video, anime
General	Gospel resources links
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app as APK file

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