People group profile · PG049376
The Toto of India
The Toto of India, numbering about 1,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a small Scheduled Tribe of Totopara on the Indo-Bhutan frontier in West Bengal's Western Duars region, organized into thirteen clans. Agriculture, horticulture, and poultry farming remain their principal occupations.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Buddhism, and they primarily speak Toto.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 1,700
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Toto (txo)
- Primary religion
- Folk Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- West Bengal: Jalpaiguri district, Dhunchipara, Panchayatpara, and Subhapara areas, Totopara village on Indo-Bhutan border
Where they live
Gospel status
The Toto are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Toto
- 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
Folk Buddhism · Buddhism
Primary language
Toto · Sino-Tibetan family
74% speak Toto
Gospel resources in Toto
- Bible available, published -
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- Indian Evangelical Mission · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Toto
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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