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Bandi of India

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Map source: Omid / Joshua Project

Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
9,900	Kannada	Hinduism	0.00 %	0.00 %	Not available		1.1

Bandi of India

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Text source: Global Prayer Digest / Keith Carey Introduction / History Most of the Bandi people live in India's southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In the latter state, they are called Banda, meaning "rock." They claim the status of Sudras, the lowest of the four caste levels. Traditionally they have worked as village servants. They did a variety of odd jobs from cleaning copper pots to pounding rice, to collecting firewood to cleaning floors. Today they are more likely to be involved in agricultural work or to work for the government. Few own land. They are dependent on moneylenders, which means that they are not likely to get out of debt or poverty. However, they are fortunate enough to have electricity and well water in their communities. Pray that the Bandi people will soon encounter the Risen Christ. View Bandi in all countries.
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31 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Population in Country:

9,900

Largest States:

Karnataka (6,300)	Tamil Nadu (2,100)
Goa (1,200)	Kerala (100)
Andhra Pradesh (20)	Pondicherry (Unknown)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Bandi

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Baandhi	Bande
Bandekar	Bhandari
Gbandi	Kad Havik
Kad Konkan	Konkan Devadiga
Lander	Mondi
Mondiwar

114927

19009

Yes

Population in Country:

9,900

Population all Countries:

Yes

Unengaged or Unknown

Ethnicity

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CNN25d

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Language

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Primary Language:

(6,000 Speakers)

kan

Secondary Languages:

Konkani, Goan (1,700)	Tamil (1,400)
Telugu (800)	Konkani (90)
Tulu (70)	Malayalam (60)
Urdu (Unknown)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	0.00 %	(Evangelical: 0.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	99.95 %
Islam	0.05 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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1.1

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Level 1 Less than 2% Evangelical. Some evangelical resources available, but no active church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1988

New Testament:

1995

Complete Bible:

2000

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Ministry Resources ^[7]		Submit Link:
Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Fathers Love Letter
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Audio Recordings	Gospel Widgets
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (Talking Bibles)
Film / Video	Gods Story
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Kannada
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
General	Evangelism Toolbox
General	Four Spiritual Laws
General	Who is God Tract
Printed Matter	Heavenly Man
Printed Matter	Literacy & Evangelism International
Printed Matter	No Frontiers Literature
Printed Matter	World Christian Tract Ministry
Scripture	Bible-in-Your-Language
Scripture	International Bible Society
Scripture	World Bible Translation Center
Scripture	World Missionary Press Booklets
Scripture	World Scriptures

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