People group profile · PG041818
The Sauria Paharia of India
The Sauria Paharia of India, numbering about 50,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Sahibganj and Godda districts, Bihar, and West Bengal, speaking the Dravidian Malto language. Traditionally shifting cultivators, today landownership and agriculture are their main occupations.
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 Mal Paharia.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 50,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Mal Paharia (mkb)
- Primary religion
- Folk Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Bihar: Bhagalpur and Munger districts; Jharkhand: Hazaribagh and Manbhum districts; Odisha: Balasore district; West Bengal: Bankura and Birbhum districts; Assam, Mizoram, and Tripura states
Where they live
Gospel status
The Sauria Paharia are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Sauria Paharia
- 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
Folk Hinduism · Hinduism
100% adherents
Primary language
Mal Paharia · Indo-European family
100% speak Mal Paharia
Gospel resources in Mal Paharia
- Bible available, published 2018
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mal Paharia)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Sauria Paharia
- 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.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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