People group profile · PG041478
The Dhimal of India
The Dhimal of India, numbering about 5,400 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Kirati-descended people of India's Darjeeling district near Naxalbari who trace their ancestry to the Limbu and remain culturally close to the Koch, sharing roots with the larger Dhimal population across the Nepal border.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Dhimal.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 5,400
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Dhimal (dhi)
- Primary religion
- Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Dhimal are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Dhimal
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Gospel resources in Dhimal
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Dhimal)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Dhimal
- 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.
Dhimal in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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