People group profile · PG041571
The Konda Dhora of India
The Konda Dhora of India, numbering about 357,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha whose name combines konda (hill) and dora (ruler), claiming descent from the Pandavas. Shifting and settled cultivation remain their occupation.
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 Konda-Dora.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 357,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Konda-Dora (kfc)
- Primary religion
- Folk Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, Dispersed CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam, and East Godavari districts; also Odisha: Koraput district
Where they live
Gospel status
The Konda Dhora 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 but there has been dispersed church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Dispersed Church Planting
Next steps for the Konda Dhora
- 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
Primary religion
Folk Hinduism · Hinduism
97% adherents
Primary language
Konda-Dora · Dravidian family
100% speak Konda-Dora
Gospel resources in Konda-Dora
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Konda-Dora)
Bibles
- 2006 Konda Saduvu Samastha · audio
- The Word For The World · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Konda Dhora
- 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.
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