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UTTAR PRADESH & UTTARANCHAL
1 Uttar Pradesh is the home of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, but has given no home to the gospel.
2 The Christian Church has long been a tiny, stagnant minority community of 230,000; 80-90% nominal and most from the Dalit Chamar and Dom groups
3 The small signs of hope
a) The North India Harvest Network
b) The Presbyterians have grown among the Balmiki
c) Various agencies have focused on UP with increased response
4 The awesome immensity of the unfinished task
a) The Brahmin, Ahir, Rajput and other castes in the list above despise Christianity because of its links with the Dalit
b) Muslims are a large minority of 29 million and have frequently been victims of Hindu mob violence
c) Students. They are a challenge!
d) The Garhwalis (1,800,000) are largely unresponsive
e) UP's 2,067 pincode areas – 84% had no resident Christian worker in 1998
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Area UP – 231,000 sq.km. UA – 63,000 sq.km.
Population UP – 167,271,000 UA – 8m
Capital Lucknow 2.45m.
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Main groups Muslims(7+) 32.2m; Brahmin 16.2m; Ahir/Yadav 13.2m; Rajput (Hindu) 12.1m;
SC (64) 21%
ST (5) 0.2%
Languages Hindi 90%; Urdu 9%; Panjabi 0.5%.
Hindu 81.7%; Muslim 17.3%; Sikh 0.4%; Christian 0.14%
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Geography - Uttar Pradesh & Uttaranchal 
Peoples - Uttar Pradesh & Uttaranchal 
Religion - Uttar Pradesh & Uttaranchal