People group profile · PG041462
The Gamit of India
The Gamit of India, numbering about 657,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe migrant from Goa now settled in Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan under names including Gamta, Gavit, and Vasava, traditionally agriculturists who in Rajasthan work as contract labor for other communities.
They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Hinduism, and they primarily speak Gamit.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 657,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Gamit (gbl)
- Primary religion
- Folk Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Gujarat: Surat, Valsad, Dang, and Bharuch districts; also Maharashtra; Rajasthan: Banswara, Dungarpur, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, and Udaipur districts; Karnataka
Where they live
Gospel status
The Gamit are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Gamit
- 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
89% adherents
Primary language
Gamit · Indo-European family
100% speak Gamit
Gospel resources in Gamit
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Gamit)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Gamit
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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