People group profile · PG041371
The Boro of India
The Boro of India, numbering about 1,565,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe considered among the earliest inhabitants of the Brahmaputra valley in Assam, encompassing cognate groups such as the Bodo, Dimasa, and Rabha. Traditionally shifting cultivators, they are now largely settled farmers.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Hinduism, and they primarily speak Bodo (India).
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 1,565,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Bodo (India) (brx)
- Primary religion
- Folk Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Assam: mainly Darrang, Goalpara, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, and Sibsagar districts; Manipur: Chandel (Tengnoupal) district; Meghalaya: West Garo Hills district, Tikrikilla sub-district, 7 villages; East Khasi Hills district; West Bengal
Where they live
Gospel status
The Boro are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Boro
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Folk Hinduism · Hinduism
91% adherents
Primary language
Bodo (India) · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Bodo (India)
Gospel resources in Bodo (India)
- Bible available, published 1981
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- Common Language Version · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Boro
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Boro in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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