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The Drukpa of India

The Drukpa of India, numbering approximately 265,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community of India and Bhutan. They mostly adhere to Tibetan Buddhism and Dzongkha is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Bhutanese
Primary Language(s): Dzongkha (dzo)
Primary Religion(s): Tibetan Buddhism
Population: 265,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG041709
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Tibetan Buddhism
Religious Affiliation: Buddhism

100%
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Tibetan Buddhism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dzongkha
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

60%
%
Dzongkha Speakers

Media Resources in Dzongkha:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Dzongkha:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Drukpa 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 Drukpa:
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 Drukpa of India

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
readJohn 3:19

Pray that God will have mercy on those who love the darkness they are walking in and turn from their sin to faith in Christ.

After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
readLuke 5:27-28

Prat that God will prepare many hearts to meet Him when He says, “Follow Me!” and that they will respond in faith, leaving everything behind to follow Him.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
read2 Corinthians 5:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will understand and experience the truth that in Christ, they are a new creation, and the old has gone and the new has come.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Drukpa Across Countries (ROP3 - 111992) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DrukpaPG041709DrukpaIndia265,000Engaged yet UnreachedDzongkhaTibetan Buddhism
DrukpaPG001219DrukpaBhutan251,000Engaged yet UnreachedDzongkhaTibetan Buddhism

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