India

Capital City:

New Delhi

Population:

1,428.6 million

Ethnic Groups:

Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, and other 3% (2000)

Languages:

Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6%; English is the subsidiary official language but is the most important one for national, political, and commercial communication (2011 est.)

Religions

Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and unspecified 2% (2011 est.)

All data has been sourced from the Population Reference Bureau and the CIA World Fact Book

The CRC International

CRC Churches International is involved in numerous ministries around India. The CRC Missions School in India exposes men and women to the missionary mandate, informing, training, preparing and inspiring them to become missionaries around the world. In addition to this, we also have a Bible School that runs each year.

Credentialled Minister:

Field Supporter:

Ps Barry Silverback