Mahali in India
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The Mahli are a scheduled tribe. The word Mahli means bamboo.
The Mahli of Bihar speak Sadri and read and write in Devanagari. They are not vegetarians and eat rice, maize and wheat as cereals. Hinduism is their religion. They mainly do basket work for a living. Some of them work in agriculture. They have a community council to look after them. Their literacy level is low so the gospel will need to be given in oral form too. They do not like to use family planning.
The Sadri in Orissa speak Thar and can speak in Hindi. The Sadri live in West Bengal too.
* Scripture Prayers for the Mahali in India.
* Pray that the the council leaders come to Jesus Christ and lead others to Him.
* Pray that gospel recordings will lead them to salvation.
Singh, K. S., ed. "India's Communities A-Z", Oxford University Press, USA 1999
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| Profile Source: Anonymous |
| People Name General | Mahali |
| People Name in Country | Mahali |
| Population this Country | 82,000 |
| Population all Countries | 82,000 |
| Total Countries | 1 |
| Indigenous | Yes |
| Progress Scale | 1 ● |
| Unreached | Yes |
| Frontier People Group | No |
| Pioneer Workers Needed | 2 |
| Alternate Names | महाली |
| People ID | 20711 |
| ROP3 Code | 117139 |
| Country | India | ||
| Region | Asia, South | ||
| Continent | Asia | ||
| 10/40 Window | Yes | ||
| National Bible Society | Website | ||
| Persecution Rank | 10 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) | ||
| Specialized Website | South Asia Peoples | ||
| Country | India |
| Region | Asia, South |
| Continent | Asia |
| 10/40 Window | Yes |
| National Bible Society | Website |
| Persecution Rank | 10 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) |
| Total States | 1 |
| West Bengal 82,000 | |
| Website | South Asia Peoples |
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| Primary Language | Bengali (44,000 speakers) | |||||||||||||||
| Language Code | ben Ethnologue Listing | |||||||||||||||
| Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | |||||||||||||||
| Total Languages | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Secondary Languages (only 15 largest shown) |
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| Primary Language | Bengali (44,000 speakers) |
| Language Code | ben Ethnologue Listing |
| Total Languages | 25 |
| Secondary Languages (only 15 largest shown) | |
| Hindi 19,000 | |
| Mahali 8,100 | |
| Santhali 7,800 | |
| Munda 1,200 | |
| Kurux 400 | |
| Nepali 400 | |
| Marathi 300 | |
| Odia 100 | |
| Punjabi, Eastern 100 | |
| Adi 100 | |
| Koda 70 | |
| Mundari 60 | |
| Boro 60 | |
| Telugu 50 | |
| Sora 40 | |
| People Groups | Speaking Bengali |
Primary Language: Bengali
| Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
|---|---|
| Bible-Portions | Yes (1800-1980) |
| Bible-New Testament | Yes (1801-1984) |
| Bible-Complete | Yes (1832-2016) |
| Bible-NT Audio | Online |
| Bible-NT Text | Online |
| Possible Print Bibles | |
|---|---|
| Amazon | |
| World Bibles | |
| Forum Bible Agencies | |
| National Bible Societies | |
| World Bible Finder | |
| Virtual Storehouse | |
| Resource Type ▲ | Resource Name |
|---|---|
| Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament - Bangla Version (FCBH) |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament - Mussolmani Version (FCBH) |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament- Common Version (FCBH) |
| Audio Recordings | Online Scripture (Talking Bibles) |
| Audio Recordings | Oral Bible stories in Bengali |
| Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | Following Jesus (India, JF Project) |
| Film / Video | God's Love Story |
| Film / Video | God's Story Video |
| Film / Video | Indigitube.tv Video / Animation |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Bengali |
| Film / Video | Magdalena (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime) |
| Film / Video | Rivka (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project) |
| Film / Video | The Prophets' Story |
| Film / Video | The Savior 3 - Woman at the Well |
| Film / Video | The Savior 8 - Jesus is Risen |
| General | Four Spiritual Laws |
| Primary Religion: | Hinduism |
| Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
|---|---|
| Buddhism |
0.03 %
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| Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
3.34 %
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| Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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| Hinduism |
93.54 %
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| Islam |
0.20 %
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| Non-Religious |
0.00 %
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| Other / Small |
0.02 %
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| Unknown |
2.87 %
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* From latest India census data. Current Christian values may substantially differ. |
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