People group profile · PG041766
The Chadar of India
The Chadar of India, numbering about 146,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Scheduled Caste community of Madhya Pradesh whose name derives from the Sanskrit chirkar, meaning weaver, traditionally engaged in weaving and village watchman service. The Chadar are Hindus who claim Rajput descent and worship Shakti in various.
They are an indigenous people in the Hindi people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Bundeli.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 146,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Hindi
- Primary language
- Bundeli (bns)
- Primary religion
- Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Madhya Pradesh: Sagar, Damoh, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, and Guna districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Chadar are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical but there has been initial or concentrated church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Chadar
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
99% adherents
Primary language
Bundeli · Indo-European family
100% speak Bundeli
Gospel resources in Bundeli
- Bible available, published 2010
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Bundel Khandi)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Chadar
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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