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Shabar 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
629,000	Odia	Hinduism	9.14 %	Unknown

Shabar in India

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Geography

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Population in Country:

629,000

Largest States:

Odisha (608,000)	Andhra Pradesh (5,800)
West Bengal (2,800)	Chhattisgarh (2,800)
Assam (2,400)	Jharkhand (2,000)
Delhi (300)	Tripura (100)
Maharashtra (80)	Madhya Pradesh (40)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Shabar

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Byadha Shabar	Nadua Shabar
Nadva Shabar	शबर

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Population in Country:

629,000

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Ethnicity

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Language

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Primary Language:

(387,000 Speakers)

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Secondary Languages:

Sora (89,000)	Mal Paharia (38,000)
Pengo (5,900)	Kuvi (2,900)
Hindi (2,500)	Telugu (1,800)
Chhattisgarhi (500)	Bengali (400)
Munda (400)	Kharia (200)
Note: Only 10 largest secondary languages listed

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.02 %
Christianity	9.14 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	90.57 %
Islam	0.11 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.02 %
Unknown	0.15 %

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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Level 6 Greater than or equal to 10% Evangelical

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1811-1956

New Testament:

1809-2000

Complete Bible:

1815-2021

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Ministry Resources ^[7]
Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching
Audio Recordings	Online Audio Scripture
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament
Audio Recordings	Oral Bible stories
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio
Film / Video	Following Jesus video
Film / Video	God's Story video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Odia
Film / Video	LUMO film of Gospels
Film / Video	Magdalena video
Film / Video	My Last Day video, anime
Film / Video	Rivka video
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	Gospel resources links
General	Gospel website in this language
General	Gospel website in this language
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: Odia
Text / Printed Matter	Children and youth resources
Text / Printed Matter	Jesus Messiah comic book
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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