People group profile · PG048885
The Balmiki (Andamani) of India
The Balmiki (Andamani) of India, numbering about 1,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Dalit community whose modern identity is strongly tied to devotion to Sage Valmiki and to efforts toward social dignity, education, and upward mobility despite a history of caste-based marginalization.
They are an indigenous people in the Valmiki people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Andaman Creole Hindi.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 1,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Valmiki
- Primary language
- Andaman Creole Hindi (hca)
- Primary religion
- 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
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory: Port Blair, 40 villages south of Port Blair
Where they live
Gospel status
The Balmiki (Andamani) 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Balmiki (Andamani)
- 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
100% adherents
Primary language
Andaman Creole Hindi · Indo-European family
100% speak Andaman Creole Hindi
Gospel resources in Andaman Creole Hindi
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Balmiki (Andamani)
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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