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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Boro of India

The Boro of India, numbering approximately 1,565,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe considered among the earliest inhabitants of the Brahmaputra valley in Assam, encompassing cognate groups such as the Bodo, Dimasa, and Rabha. Traditionally shifting cultivators, they are now largely settled farmers. They mostly adhere to Folk Hinduism and Bodo (India) is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Boro

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Tibetan
Primary Language(s): Bodo (India) (brx)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Hinduism
Population: 1,565,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG041371
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

91%
%
Folk Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bodo (India)
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Boro (India) Speakers

Media Resources in Bodo (India):

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Bodo (India):

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Bodo (India) bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Boro are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Boro:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Boro of India

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that those who do know about God's free gift will hear and believe that the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord and that they will joyfully accept this gift.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
readRomans 5:1

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many who are far from God will receive the good news of salvation with joy and have peace with God through faith in His Son Jesus Christ.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
readPsalm 51:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him, and God will help them to proclaim His praise and declare His goodness all day long.

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
readEphesians 1:13-14

Pray that God will work through believers near and far in bringing the lost to Himself, giving them what they need to do the task He has set before them, and helping them rest in Him because He has given them His Spirit.

Bodo, Hindu Across Countries (ROP3 - 111662) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BoroPG041371BoroIndia1,565,000No Longer UnreachedBodo (India)Folk Hinduism
BodoPG006181BodoNepal5,000Engaged yet UnreachedBodo (India)Hinduism

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