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Out of India
By daniel | June 17, 2008
The following information can be found on a website built by Kannan Rajendran, a Christian researcher from India who will be joining the Operation World team at Bulstrode soon. (See his website.)
Peoples:
There are 953 ethnic people groups in India, each with a population more than 10,000. Of these 204 people groups, each with a population of more than 50,000, are yet to have a worshipping fellowship among them.
Mega Peoples of India:
There are nearly 150 mega people groups with a population over one million each. Several of these mega people groups are strategic in their regions and politically influential. Many of them are spread around the country. Some of the politically powerful people groups are: Jats, Vokkalingas, Lingayats, Ezhavas, Nairs, Kamma, Reddys, Patnaiks, Patels, Marathas, Yadavs, Kurmi, Rajputs, Thakurs, Thevars, Vanniars and Gujjars.
Dalits & Adivasis(Tribal people):
There are 236 (each population above 10,000) Dalit or Scheduled Castes people groups and 232 (each population above 10,000) Scheduled Tribes. Out of these 39 Dalit groups and 33 tribes do not have any worshipping group.
Languages:
There are 222 languages in India, each of which is spoken by at least 10,000 people. Of these 71 languages do not have any Scripture portion. How can the people be discipled to follow Christ, if they do not have the Scripture in their own mother tongue?
The Bible is now available in 52 languages. In certain major languages, there are several versions of the Bible. New Testament is available in another 48 languages. Much more needs to be done in the future to get the Word in the mother tongues of the people.
PIN Codes:
There are about 27,000 postal codes in India. In 1998, it was found that 18,000 of these postal code areas did not have a single resident Christian worker as a witness.
Cities
There are 300 Cities with a population of more than one hundred thousand; 35 cities with a population of more than one million. Most of the district headquarters and state capitals have become regional hubs. The elites, middle class, migrants and the marginalised are common in all cities.
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