Mizoram, India (CNN) -- The world's population hits 7 billion this week, but Ziona, the patriarch of what may be the biggest family in the world, is not bothered. "I don't care about overpopulation in India ... I believe God has chosen us to be like this (have big families). Those who are born into this family don't want to leave this tradition so we just keep growing and growing," he says with a smile. Ziona, who only goes by his first name, has 39 wives, 86 children and 35 grandchildren. Ziona's father, Chana, founded the Christian sect in Baktwang village that promotes polygamy as God's will. "I never wanted to get married but that's the path God has chosen for me," he says. "It's not my wish to keep marrying again and again."
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One man in India is the patriarch of a family of 160 in rural India
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Ziona, who only goes by his first name, has 39 wives, 86 children and 35 grandchildren.
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Ziona's father, Chana, founded the Christian sect in Baktwang that promotes polygamy
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"I never wanted to get married but that's the path God has chosen for me"
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Four hours away from Mizoram's only airport, in the isolated village of Baktwang, @placeholder's bright purple house with 22 bedrooms stands out.
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So @placeholder created his own polygamist sect, which now has a following of 400 families.
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He has set up a school nearby for children of the community, the curriculum comes from the government but @placeholder has added some sect-specific teachings.