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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bhattra (Bhatri) of India

The Bhattra (Bhatri) of India, numbering approximately 338,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as 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 Bhatra, Bhatta, Bhattri, Bhottada, भट्तरा They are an Indigenous people, with Bhatra as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Folk Hinduism and Bhatri is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Bhattra (Bhatri)

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: South Asian Tribal
Primary Language(s): Bhatri (bgw)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Hinduism
Population: 338,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG050663
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

97%
%
Folk Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bhatri
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Bhatri Speakers

Media Resources in Bhatri:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Bhatri:

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Indian Evangelical Mission✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Bhatri bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), 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

Next steps for the Bhattra (Bhatri):
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Pray specifically for the Bhattra (Bhatri) of India

For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
readPsalm 18:31

As people look to their own efforts for hope, pray they will have the opportunity to learn and believe in the Lord, who is the only Rock worthy of their faith.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
readColossians 2:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be rooted and built up in Him, abounding in thanksgiving for the grace and mercy He has shown them.

But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.
readJeremiah 29:7

Pray that God will lead the lost among them to followers of Jesus who will share the gospel with them so that they may believe and take the message of hope to their families and friends.

Bhattra (Bhatri) Across Countries (ROP3 - 111598) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Bhattra (Bhatri)PG050663Bhattra (Bhatri)India338,000Unengaged and UnreachedBhatriFolk Hinduism

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