People group profile · PG042172
The Noatia of India
The Noatia of India, numbering about 9,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of South Tripura district also called Nowa-Tripura, organized into four exogamous clans. Plow cultivation has replaced shifting cultivation, supplemented by wage labor and poultry-rearing.
They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Kok Borok.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 9,900
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Kok Borok (trp)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Assam and Tripura states
Where they live
Gospel status
The Noatia 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 Noatia
- 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
Kok Borok · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Kok Borok
Gospel resources in Kok Borok
- Bible available, published 2015
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kok Borok)
Bibles
- Old Version · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Noatia
- 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.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
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