People group profile · PG049749
The Chote of India
The Chote of India, numbering about 4,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Manipur also known as Purum, organized into nine patrilineal clans, traditionally dependent on shifting and wet cultivation, and largely Christian today while still worshipping traditional deities.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Chothe Naga.

Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 4,100
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Chothe Naga (nct)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 50% or Greater but Less than 75%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Manipur: Chandel district
Where they live
Gospel status
The Chote are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Chote
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
78% adherents
Primary language
Chothe Naga · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Chothe Naga
Gospel resources in Chothe Naga
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Chote
- 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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