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Sarki of India

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Map source: Omid / Joshua Project / Global Mapping Intl

Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
38,000	Nepali	Hinduism	1.95 %	Unknown			1.1

Sarki of India

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Text source: Joshua Project Summary The traditional and primary occupation of the Sarki was shoe-making, but nowadays only a few among them are occupied as leather-workers or cobblers. They have family deities and a village deity. Some of their deities are Santala Devi, Maidevta and Dat Kali. Their witchdoctor is called lama or jhankri. Ministry Obstacles The worldview of the Sarki is very different than those of a monotheist, who believes in one God who is creator of all. Outreach Ideas The Lord is building his church in the region. His Spirit is active. Pray that Christian workers will include the Sarki community in their outreach. Pray for the followers of Christ There are some Christians among the Sarki community. Pray they become more than cultural Christians, instead becoming zealous disciples of Christ, trusting him fully with their lives. Pray for the entire people group Pray the Sarki community will be dissatisfied with worshiping the gods of this age, but rather will hunger to know the creator God and his Son who came to give them life. Scripture Focus "And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations." Mark 13:10 View Sarki in all countries.
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31 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Population in Country:

38,000

Largest States:

West Bengal (24,000)	Assam (8,500)
Uttarakhand (1,400)	Sikkim (1,100)
Mizoram (800)	Meghalaya (600)
Nagaland (500)	Manipur (400)
Uttar Pradesh (100)	Madhya Pradesh (60)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Sarki

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Alternate People Names:

Cobbier	Sarkar
Tapa	Tapoli
Thapa

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18035

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Population in Country:

38,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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CNN25k

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Language

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Primary Language:

(37,000 Speakers)

nep

Secondary Languages:

Bengali (1,100)	Darmiya (400)
Newar (300)	Hindi (200)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.44 %
Christianity	1.95 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	97.61 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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1.1

Yes

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

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

2007

New Testament:

2000

Complete Bible:

2004

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Bible Voice Radio Online
Audio Recordings	General Ministry Resources
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (Talking Bibles)
Film / Video	Gods Story
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Nepali
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
General	Got Questions Ministry
Printed Matter	Literacy & Evangelism International
Printed Matter	Multi-Language Media
Printed Matter	No Frontiers Literature
Printed Matter	World Christian Tract Ministry
Scripture	Bible-in-Your-Language
Scripture	Easy Bible
Scripture	International Bible Society
Scripture	World Bible Translation Center
Scripture	World Missionary Press Booklets
Scripture	World Scriptures

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