People group profile · PG049549
The Gomantak Maratha of India
The Gomantak Maratha of India, numbering about 86,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Hindu Bahujan community of Goa whose modern identity emerged through 20th‑century social reform, uniting several historically stigmatized service and performance groups into a single caste‑reform movement.
They are an indigenous people in the Marathi-Konkani people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Konkani (individual language).
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 86,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Marathi-Konkani
- Primary language
- Konkani (individual language) (knn)
- Primary religion
- Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- primarily Goa, with related communities in Maharashtra (Sindhudurg), Karnataka (Uttara Kannada), and parts of the Deccan
Where they live
Gospel status
The Gomantak Maratha 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 Gomantak Maratha
- 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
Konkani (individual language) · Indo-European family
100% speak Konkani (individual language)
Gospel resources in Konkani (individual language)
- Bible available, published 1997
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mangalorean Konkani)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Gomantak Maratha
- 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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