India

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India
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India: World Factbook, 2009[1]

Area

3,287,263 sq km

Population

1,166,079,217 (July 2009)

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)

Religions

Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)

Ethnicity

Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)[1]

Groups Associated with MWC

9 (2006)[2]

Membership in MWC Affiliated Churches

146,095 (2006)[2]

India is a country in south Asia with a population of 1,166,079,217 (July 2009 estimate).[1] In 2006 there were nine organized Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with Mennonite World Conference (MWC) with a total membership of 146,095.[1]

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Anabaptist-Related Groups

In 2006 there were nine Anabaptist-related groups officially associated with MWC in India:

Annotated Bibliography

External Links

India on Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "India," CIA World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html (accessed 5 August 2009).
  2. 2.0 2.1 "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).