People group profile · PG049054
The Khatbune of India
The Khatbune of India, numbering about 1,200 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Sikh community of Delhi descended from the Labana of Sindh, whose name reflects their occupation of cot-making and weaving. Once itinerant traders akin to the Banjara, they now also work in rope-making and wage labor.
They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Sikh people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sikhism, and they primarily speak Panjabi.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 1,200
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Sikh
- Primary language
- Panjabi (pan)
- Primary religion
- Sikhism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- concentrated in Delhi: Trilokpuri, Sultanpuri, Mongolpuri, and Shapure
Where they live
Gospel status
The Khatbune are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Khatbune
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
100% adherents
Primary language
Panjabi · Indo-European family
100% speak Panjabi
Gospel resources in Panjabi
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Punjabi)
- Magdalena (Punjabi)
- The Savior (Punjabi)
Bibles
- 2000 Bible League International · text
- Indian Revised Version · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Khatbune
- 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.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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