People group profile · PG049401
The Dagi of India
The Dagi of India, numbering about 3,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Caste community of the Lahaul valley in Himachal Pradesh, traditionally employed as musicians at festive occasions and in ironsmithy, blending Hindu and Buddhist beliefs with the worship of local spirits.
They are an indigenous people in the Hindi people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Pahari-Potwari.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 3,100
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Hindi
- Primary language
- Pahari-Potwari (phr)
- Primary religion
- Hinduism
- 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 ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Himachal Pradesh: Lahaul-Spiti district; also Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab
Where they live
Gospel status
The Dagi 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 Dagi
- 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
95% adherents
Primary language
Pahari-Potwari · Indo-European family
100% speak Pahari-Potwari
Gospel resources in Pahari-Potwari
- Bible available
- 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 Dagi
- 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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