Mangali in India


Population
Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
Progress Gauge
* Data can be from various sources including official census, agencies, and local research. Data from these sources can sometimes differ even by orders of magnitude. Joshua Project attempts to present a conservative, balanced estimate.

Introduction / History

The Mangali people of Odisha are one of the other backward castes (OBCs). That gives them middle status, and they are a poor community.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Since the Mangali people are landless, they have to depend on other means of making a living. They drum for special events such as festivals. Others make rope and sell cheap goods at the market. Their children cut stones or work in the rice fields. The Mangali people maintain cultivator-labor relations with communities that have land and wealth.

Inheritance goes to all children, although the oldest son gets a little more than his siblings. When the father dies, the eldest son becomes the family head. Families are becoming more nuclear rather than extended. Only men drink alcohol, though men and women both crew betel.

Unlike most Hindu communities, the Mangali might bury their dead, though they prefer cremation.


What Are Their Beliefs?

These Hindus worship Durga, Dakshin Kalika, Bhoirabi, Baburai and Thakurani. They also have village spirits they worship in hopes they will be protected from sicknesses, evil spirits, natural disasters and crop failures. They also attend various festivals, some of them Hindu based, and others are not.


What Are Their Needs?

Mangali children seldom get adequate education because their parents don’t have the will or the funds to put them through school. As a result, they have had few if any chances to take on high paying jobs or to be represented in politics.

They also don’t have access to modern medicine, so they rely on traditional methods, which are often faulty.


Prayer Points

Pray for a "Book of Acts" type of movement to Christ among the Mangali people.

Pray God will have mercy on the Mangali, doing whatever it takes to place them in a position to receive him.

Ask God to open the hearts of the Mangali to the gospel.

Pray for an unstoppable movement to Christ among them.


Scripture Prayers for the Mangali in India.


References

People of India, Vol 16. K.S. Singh. 2013


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Mangali
People Name in Country Mangali
Alternate Names Mauli; Mungli; मंगली
Population this Country 2,300
Population all Countries 2,300
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group Yes
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed 1
PeopleID3 17635
ROP3 Code 113071
Country India
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 11  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Districts Interactive map, listing and data download
Specialized Website South Asia Peoples
Country India
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 11  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Total States 1
  Odisha 2,300
Website South Asia Peoples
Primary Religion: Hinduism
Major Religion Percent *
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.00 %)
0.00 %
Ethnic Religions
0.00 %
Hinduism
100.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
* From latest India census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.
Primary Language Odia (2,300 speakers)
Language Code ory   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Odia (2,300 speakers)
Language Code ory   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Odia

Primary Language:  Odia

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (1811-1956)
Bible-New Testament Yes  (1809-2000)
Bible-Complete Yes  (1815-2021)
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Amazon
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Audio Recordings Oral Bible stories One Story
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Film / Video God's Story video God's Story
Film / Video Jesus Film: view in Odia Jesus Film Project
Film / Video LUMO film of Gospels Bible Media Group/LUMO
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General Four Spiritual Laws Cru
General Scripture Earth Gospel resources links (Oriya) Scripture Earth
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General Zume Training Zume Project
Mobile App Android Bible app: Odia YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App Android Bible app: Odia (Oriya) / English Bible (AKJV) General / Other
Mobile App Android Bible App: Odiya Bible (ଓଡିଆ ବାଇବେଲ) Indian Revised Version (IRV) Operation Agape
Mobile App Android Bible app: Oriya Study Bible Grace Ministries and Dusty Sandals
Mobile App Android Bible Radio app: Odiya Bible Radio Shalom Design S2dio
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Mobile App iOS Bible app: Odia YouVersion Bibles
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Text / Printed Matter Jesus Messiah comic book General / Other
Text / Printed Matter The Ancient Path Live Global
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Text / Printed Matter Topical Scripture booklets and Bible studies World Missionary Press
Map Source People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project  
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