People group profile · PG050663
The Bhattra (Bhatri) of India
The Bhattra (Bhatri) of India, numbering about 338,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a scheduled tribe of Chhattisgarh and Odisha in central India. The community claims to have come from north India to Warangal and then gone on the Bastar along with a ruler of the Kakatiya dynasty.
They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Hinduism, and they primarily speak Bhatri.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 338,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Bhatri (bgw)
- Primary religion
- Folk Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Bhatra, Bhatta, Bhattri, Bhottada, भट्तरा
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Concentrated in Chhattisgarh and Odisha, also scattered in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bhattra (Bhatri) are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Bhattra (Bhatri)
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Folk Hinduism · Hinduism
97% adherents
Primary language
Bhatri · Indo-European family
100% speak Bhatri
Gospel resources in Bhatri
Films
Bibles
- Indian Evangelical Mission · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bhattra (Bhatri)
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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