People group profile · PG041875
The Deori of India
The Deori of India, numbering about 69,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh serving as the priestly section of the Chutiya community, whose name derives from devorihika, meaning temple keeper, and who migrated from the Lohit region during Ahom rule.
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 Deori.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 69,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Deori (der)
- Primary religion
- Folk Hinduism
- 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 ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Assam: North Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, and Sonitpur districts; also Arunachal Pradesh: Lohit district
Where they live
Gospel status
The Deori 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 Deori
- 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
96% adherents
Primary language
Deori · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Deori
Gospel resources in Deori
- Bible available, published 2018
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Deori)
- The Savior (Dari)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Deori
- 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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