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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Rautia of India

The Rautia of India, numbering approximately 217,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a landholding cultivator community of Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha bearing titles like Ganjhu and Kotwar, tracing origin to Chotanagpur. Settled cultivation remains their main occupation They are an Indigenous people, with Rautia as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Bihari people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Sadri is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Bihari
Primary Language(s): Sadri (sck)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 217,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG041620
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

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Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Sadri
Language Family: Indo-European

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Sadri Speakers

Media Resources in Sadri:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Sadri:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Indian Evangelical Mission✓
Indian Evangelical Mission✓✓✓

2 entries

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Or check out the Sadri bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Rautia are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Rautia:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Rautia of India

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

Ask God to pour out His mercy and bring those who are walking in their own wisdom to faith in Jesus.

Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
readPsalm 25:5

Pray that the gospel will advance and that God will lead people in His truth, bringing many to salvation.

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
readMatthew 5:16

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be humble and give glory to God through their good deeds.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Rautia Across Countries (ROP3 - 113438) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
RautiaPG041620RautiaIndia217,000Engaged yet UnreachedSadriHinduism

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