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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Toto of India

The Toto of India, numbering approximately 1,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a small Scheduled Tribe of Totopara on the Indo-Bhutan frontier in West Bengal's Western Duars region, organized into thirteen clans. Agriculture, horticulture, and poultry farming remain their principal occupations. They mostly adhere to Folk Buddhism and Toto is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Tibetan
Primary Language(s): Toto (txo)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Buddhism
Population: 1,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG049376
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Buddhism
Religious Affiliation: Buddhism

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%
Folk Buddhism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Toto
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

74%
%
Toto Speakers

Media Resources in Toto:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Toto:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Indian Evangelical Mission✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Toto bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Toto 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 Toto:
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 Toto of India

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
readRomans 3:23

Pray that those who live in fear, guilt and discontentment because of sin will see their need for change, hear, and receive the good news of freedom from sin through Christ.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
readLuke 13:3

Pray that the lost will repent and believe the gospel, for without it, they will perish.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
readPsalm 42:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will thirst for God and be satisfied when they abide in Him.

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 God will bring people to faith who are excited about the eternal life they have in Christ and will want to cross cultures to share this hope with others.

Toto Across Countries (ROP3 - 117276) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▲NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TotoPG049376TotoIndia1,700No Longer UnreachedTotoFolk Buddhism

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