Mundari in India

The Mundari have only been reported in India
Population
Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
Progress Gauge
* From latest India census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.

Introduction / History

The Munda of Bangladesh are part of the larger Munda group, most of whom live in India. Racially the Mundas are proto-Australoid. Within Bangladesh they tend to live in villages which are separate from but near Bengali villages in western Rajshahi division. There are also some Munda living on the tea estates of Sylhet division. The Munda living on the tea estates do manual labor in the tea gardens for a daily wage. Many of those living in Rajshahi division work as seasonal day laborers for Bengali land owners.

The Munda in Bangladesh used to own and farm their own land, but in recent years many have lost a lot of their land and now are dependent on the meager daily wages they receive when there is work for day laborers. As a result, many Mundas live day-to-day, waiting to buy their food for the evening until they have received their pay for that day. Thus,
some major needs of the Munda are job skills training and also land rights intervention. The Munda who live in Rajshahi division are primarily Christian, and among the Christians, most are Catholic. A smaller portion of those living on the tea estates of Sylhet division are Christian. Many call themselves Hindu, though they may in actuality follow a traditional religion. Nominalism is prevalent among the Munda of Bangladesh, and an evangelical mission could work to meet not only their physical needs but also their spiritual needs.


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Profile Source:   Anonymous  

People Name General Mundari
People Name in Country Mundari
Alternate Names मुंदरी
Population this Country 31,000
Population all Countries 31,000
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 2
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
Pioneer Workers Needed
People ID 19041
ROP3 Code 115282
ROP25 Code 305697
ROP25 Name Mundari
Country India
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 11  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Districts Interactive map, listing and data download
Specialized Website South Asia Peoples
Country India
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 11  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Total States 1
  Odisha 31,000
Website South Asia Peoples
Primary Religion: Hinduism
Major Religion Percent *
Buddhism
0.18 %
Christianity  (Evangelical Unknown)
5.23 %
Ethnic Religions
0.00 %
Hinduism
92.26 %
Islam
0.14 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.01 %
Unknown
2.18 %
* From latest India census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.
Primary Language Mundari (13,000 speakers)
Language Code unr   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 22
Secondary Languages
(only 15 largest shown)
Odia
6,000
Ho
1,900
Munda
1,600
Kuvi
1,300
Hindi
700
Chhattisgarhi
400
Santhali
300
Bengali
300
Kharia
100
Kurux
80
Punjabi, Eastern
20
Telugu
10
Digaro-Mishmi Naga, Tangshang Naga, Mao
Primary Language Mundari (13,000 speakers)
Language Code unr   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 22
Secondary Languages (only 15 largest shown)
  Odia 6,000
  Ho 1,900
  Munda 1,600
  Kuvi 1,300
  Hindi 700
  Chhattisgarhi 400
  Santhali 300
  Bengali 300
  Kharia 100
  Kurux 80
  Punjabi, Eastern 20
  Telugu 10
  Digaro-Mishmi 10
  Naga, Tangshang 10
  Naga, Mao 0
People Groups Speaking Mundari

Primary Language:  Mundari

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (1876-1965)
Bible-New Testament Yes  (2020-2021)
Bible-Complete Yes  (1910-2002)
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Possible Print Bibles
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Resource Type Resource Name Source
Audio Recordings Audio Bible teaching Global Recordings Network
Audio Recordings Story of Jesus audio Jesus Film Project
Film / Video God's Story video God's Story
Film / Video Jesus Film: view in Mundari Jesus Film Project
Film / Video LUMO film of Gospels Bible Media Group/LUMO
Film / Video World Christian Videos World Christian Videos
General Faith Comes By Hearing - Bible in text or audio or video Faith Comes by Hearing
General Faith Comes By Hearing - Bible in text or audio or video Faith Comes by Hearing
General Gospel resources links Scripture Earth
General Gospel website in this language General / Other
Text / Printed Matter Jesus Messiah comic book General / Other
Text / Printed Matter Topical Scripture booklets and Bible studies World Missionary Press
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Map Source People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project.  
Profile Source Anonymous 
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