People group profile · PG041582
The Rabha of India
The Rabha of India, numbering about 477,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Meghalaya, Assam, and West Bengal belonging to the Bodo linguistic group. The Rabha are historically matrilineal, organized into Rongdani, Maitori, Pati, and Dhuri subgroups. Wet and dry cultivation remain their main occupation.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Rabha.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 477,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Rabha (rah)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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 ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Arunachal Pradesh: Changlang and Lohit; Assam state; Meghalaya: west Garo Hills; Nagaland: Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, Wokha, and Zunheboto; West Bengal: Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar
Where they live
Gospel status
The Rabha 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 Rabha
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
90% adherents
Primary language
Rabha · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Rabha
Gospel resources in Rabha
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Rabha)
Bibles
- Indian Evangelical Mission · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Rabha
- 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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