People group profile · PG049225
The Toda of India
The Toda of India, numbering about 2,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a pastoral Scheduled Tribe of the Nilgiri hills, Tamil Nadu, one of India's most studied tribal communities, who call themselves Tora. Cattle-herding remains traditional, though many now grow vegetables like potato and cabbage.
They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Toda.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 2,400
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Toda (tcx)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Tamil Nadu: Kunda and Nilgiri hills
Where they live
Gospel status
The Toda are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Toda
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
80% adherents
Primary language
Toda · Dravidian family
100% speak Toda
Gospel resources in Toda
- Bible available, published 1910
- 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 Toda
- 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.
- 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.
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