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Kumhar of India

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
14,487,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0.00 %	Unknown			1.1

Kumhar of India

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Introduction / History
Per old Indian mythology the Kumhar are offspring of Lord Braham (Prajapati). This is why in some places in India the Kumhar use Pajapati / Prajapat as a surname according to Indian caste system. Ancient Indian culture cannot be deciphered without acknowledging Kumhar.

Where are they located?
The Kumhar can be found throughout India by different surnames: Verma, Kumhar, Prajapat, Prajapati and Kumawat.

What are their lives like?
The Kumhar's livelihood is making earthen pots. It is very difficult for a Kumhar artisan to maintain his existence with kumbhkala.

They claim to be the first inventors of the wheel / cycle. The Kumhar use it to make earthen utensils. The main profession of this cast is to make earthen products. Historically their main way of earning income has been earthen products and agriculture. They are very honest people and make their livelihood by hard work.

What are their beliefs?
The Kumhar are generally Hindu and pray to the Lord Shiva, Godess Mother(Mata). They believe in god, highly spritual, loveable, honest and hard working. In general the Kumhar are loving people.

What are their needs?
The Kumhar need education and support for their kumbhkala.

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31 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Population in Country:

14,487,000

Largest States:

Uttar Pradesh (3,164,000)	Rajasthan (1,992,000)
Andhra Pradesh (1,180,000)	Bihar (1,044,000)
West Bengal (979,000)	Gujarat (977,000)
Madhya Pradesh (949,000)	Odisha (824,000)
Maharashtra (649,000)	Jharkhand (648,000)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Kumhar

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Ahitant	Aiton
Ghatakarpur	Ghumiar
Ghurmar	Handa Kummar
Kalam Chettiar	Kembatti
Kir	Komar
Kulal	Kulala
Kulalar	Kumar
Kumbakar	Kumbaniga

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17316

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Population in Country:

14,487,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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Language

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Primary Language:

(6,447,000 Speakers)

hin

Secondary Languages:

Telugu (1,224,000)	Bengali (969,000)
Gujarati (948,000)	Bhojpuri (852,000)
Oriya (754,000)	Marathi (516,000)
Marwari (472,000)	Dhundari (310,000)
Kannada (279,000)	Mewari (215,000)
Note: Only 10 largest secondary languages listed

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	0.00 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	99.98 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.02 %
Unknown	0.00 %

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1.1

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Level 3 Less than 2% Evangelical. Widespread church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1962

New Testament:

1998

Complete Bible:

2000

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Treasure Resources
Audio Recordings	Bible Voice Radio Online
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Audio Recordings	Gods Story
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (Talking Bibles)
Film / Video	Contextual Church Gathering Video
Film / Video	Fathers Love Letter
Film / Video	Gods Story
Film / Video	Indigenous Evangelistic Film
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Hindi
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime)
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children
Film / Video	The Hope Video
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
General	Evangelism / Discipleship Resources
General	Evangelism Toolbox
General	Gods Simple Plan
General	Got Questions Ministry
General	Ravi Zacharias
General	Who is God Tract
General	Yeshu Samaj
Printed Matter	Christ for the Nations
Printed Matter	Literacy & Evangelism International
Printed Matter	World Christian Tract Ministry
Scripture	Easy Bible
Scripture	Hindi Bible
Scripture	International Bible Society
Scripture	Very Easy Bible
Scripture	World Bible Translation Center
Scripture	World Missionary Press Booklets
Scripture	World Scriptures
Worship / Music	Ethnic Worship Music

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