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* [[Brethren in Christ Church Orissa, Inida|Brethren in Christ Church Orissa]] | * [[Brethren in Christ Church Orissa, Inida|Brethren in Christ Church Orissa]] | ||
Revision as of 20:32, 17 October 2009
| India | |
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 India: World Factbook, 2009[1] | |
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Area |
3,287,263 sq km |
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Population |
1,166,079,217 (July 2009) |
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Languages |
Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9% (2001 census) |
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Religions |
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) |
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Ethnicity |
Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)[2] |
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Groups Associated with MWC |
9 (2006) |
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Membership in MWC Affiliated Churches |
146,095 (2006) |
India is a country in south Asia with a population of 1,166,079,217 (July 2009 estimate).[3] In 2006 there were nine organized Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with Mennonite World Conference (MWC) with a total membership of 146,095.[4]
Click the following link to learn more about other Anabaptist-related groups in Asia.
Anabaptist-Related Groups
In 2006 there were nine Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with MWC in India:
Annotated Bibliography
External Links
Citations
- ↑ "India," CIA World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html (accessed 5 August 2009).
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ "2006 Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership," Mennonite World Conference. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/PDF-PPT/2006mbictotal.pdf (accessed 5 August 2009).
