People group profile · PG049453
The Kuthliya Bora of India
The Kuthliya Bora of India, numbering about 700 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an endogamous community of Kumaon, Uttar Pradesh, who migrated from southwestern Nepal centuries ago. They are named for kuthla (hemp sacks) they once made. Agriculture and animal husbandry are now their main occupations.
They are an indigenous people in the Nepali-Pahari people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Kumaoni.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 700
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Nepali-Pahari
- Primary language
- Kumaoni (kfy)
- Primary religion
- Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and 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
- Uttarakhand: Almora, Bageshwar, Champawat, Nainital, Pithoragarh, and Udhamsingh Nagar districts; Almora and north Nainital (Central Kumaoni); Pithoragarh (Northeastern Kumaoni); southeast Nainital (Southeastern Kumaoni); west of Almora and Nainita
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kuthliya Bora 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Kuthliya Bora
- 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
99% adherents
Primary language
Kumaoni · Indo-European family
100% speak Kumaoni
Gospel resources in Kumaoni
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Kumauni)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kuthliya Bora
- 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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