People group profile · PG049896
The Jhodiya of India
The Jhodiya of India, numbering about 10,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an animistic Scheduled Tribe of Odisha.
They are an indigenous people in the Other South Asian people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Bodo Parja.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 10,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Other South Asian
- Primary language
- Bodo Parja (bdv)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Jhodiya live in rural farming communities commonly secluded in their own tribal village, mainly in Odisha
Where they live
Gospel status
The Jhodiya are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Jhodiya
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
80% adherents
Primary language
Bodo Parja · Indo-European family
100% speak Bodo Parja
Gospel resources in Bodo Parja
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 2018 The Word for the World International · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Jhodiya
- 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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