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The Babar of India

The Babar of India, numbering approximately 500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an occupational caste of Hindu medicine men, distributed across Bundi, Tonk and Ajmer districts of Rajasthan. The Babar now pursue agriculture, business and service alongside their traditional practice of administering medicines. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Hadothi is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Babar

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Rajasthani
Primary Language(s): Hadothi (hoj)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG048961

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

83%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hadothi
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Haroti Speakers

Media Resources in Hadothi:

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Bible Resources in Hadothi:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Babar are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Pray specifically for the Babar of India

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read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

Babar Across Countries (ROP3 - 111494) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BabarPG048961BabarIndia500Engaged yet UnreachedHadothiHinduism

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