People group profile · PG042002
The Nocte of India
The Nocte of India, numbering about 50,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Tirap district in Arunachal Pradesh once projected as head-hunters, organized into chief, commoner, and lower-status classes. Shifting cultivation remains their primary occupation.
They are an indigenous people in the Tangsa Naga people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Nocte Naga.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 50,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tangsa Naga
- Primary language
- Nocte Naga (njb)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Arunachal Pradesh: Changlang district; Tirap district, Laju, Khonsa, and Namsang sub-districts; Assam: Lakhimpur district, Jaipur; Nagaland: Mon district, Namsang
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nocte 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 Nocte
- 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
Primary language
Nocte Naga · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Nocte Naga
Gospel resources in Nocte Naga
- Bible available, published 2010
- JESUS Film not 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 Nocte
- 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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