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Bhil Vasave 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
1,403,000	Vasavi	Hinduism	0.77 %	Unknown	No

Bhil Vasave in India

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Text source: Anonymous Introduction / History The Vasave are from the Bhil people group and a scheduled tribe of Maharashtra. They speak Bhil and Marathi and are endogamous. They eat maize, wheat and other cereals too. Their work is in agriculture, laboring, managing and looking after animals. There are doctors and engineers among them. Hinduism is their religion though some of them have become Christians. In Gujarat, the Vasave are the largest of the Bhil community. They have a traditional council to look after them. Many work as construction laborers. They are favorable to education. Prayer Points Pray that Indian Christians will lead the Vasave to Jesus Christ. Pray that the council leaders will come to Jesus Christ and lead others to Him too. References Singh, K. S., ed. "India's Communities A-Z", Oxford University Press, USA 1999 View Bhil Vasave in all countries.
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11 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Population in Country:

1,403,000

Largest States:

Maharashtra (727,000)

Gujarat (655,000)

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People Name in Country:

Bhil Vasave

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Vasava	Wasawe
भील वासवे

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Population in Country:

1,403,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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CNN25

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Language

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Primary Language:

(712,000 Speakers)

vas

Secondary Languages:

Gujarati (183,000)	Marathi (145,000)
Bhili (38,000)	Khandesi (30,000)
Bareli, Pauri (23,000)	Dungra Bhil (13,000)
Sindhi Bhil (12,000)	Bareli, Rathwi (5,400)
Bareli, Palya (3,000)	Mawchi (2,800)
Note: Only 10 largest secondary languages listed

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.02 %
Christianity	0.77 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	96.56 %
Islam	1.18 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.02 %
Unknown	1.45 %

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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Yes

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1998

New Testament:

1930-2021

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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Ministry Resources ^[7]
Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Vasavi
Film / Video	My Last Day video, anime
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
General	Bible for Children
General	Gospel resources links
General	Gospel website in this language
General	Gospel website in this language
General	Gospel website in this language
Text / Printed Matter	Jesus Messiah comic book

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