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The Kuthliya Bora of India

The Kuthliya Bora of India, numbering approximately 700 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an endogamous community of Kumaon, Uttar Pradesh, who migrated from southwestern Nepal centuries ago. They are named for kuthla (hemp sacks) they once made. Agriculture and animal husbandry are now their main occupations. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Kumaoni is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Nepali-Pahari
Primary Language(s): Kumaoni (kfy)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG049453

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

99%
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Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kumaoni
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
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Kumaoni Speakers

Media Resources in Kumaoni:

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Bible Resources in Kumaoni:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), 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

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The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot... indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
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Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and face hardship, they will remember that God is their portion and cup and that He has a beautiful inheritance for them.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

Bora Kuthliya Across Countries (ROP3 - 111493) reported in the following countries:

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PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Kuthliya BoraPG049453Kuthliya BoraIndia700Unengaged and UnreachedKumaoniHinduism

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