People group profile · PG041728
The Jaunsari of India
The Jaunsari of India, numbering about 124,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of the Jaunsar Bawar region in Uttar Pradesh, spanning high-status Brahmin and Rajput groups and lower-status Kolta groups. They are agriculturists who historically practiced polyandry.
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 Jaunsari.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 124,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Jaunsari (jns)
- Primary religion
- Folk Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Uttarakhand (Jaunsar Bawar region, Dehradun district)
Where they live
Gospel status
The Jaunsari 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 Jaunsari
- 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
98% adherents
Primary language
Jaunsari · Indo-European family
100% speak Jaunsari
Gospel resources in Jaunsari
- Bible available, published 2019
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Jaunsari)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Jaunsari
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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