People group profile · PG041679
The Thadou of India
The Thadou of India, numbering about 271,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Kuki tribal people of Manipur in northeast India, organized traditionally into clans such as Haokip, Kipgen, and Shitlhou, who migrated from Myanmar's Chin Hills in the 1700s-1800s and fought British colonial rule.
They are an indigenous people in the Kuki-Chin (Zo) people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Thado Chin.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 271,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Kuki-Chin (Zo)
- Primary language
- Thado Chin (tcz)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 30% or Greater but Less than 40%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Manipur: Tengnoupal and northern and southern districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Thadou are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Thadou
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
32% adherents
Primary language
Thado Chin · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Thado Chin
Gospel resources in Thado Chin
- Bible available, published 2015
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Thadou
- 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.
- 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.
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