Gonrhi in India


Population
Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
Progress Gauge
* From latest India census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.

Subgroups: 4

Subgroup Name Population
Chotaha 400
Manjhi 400
Kurin 200
Chabhi Unknown

Introduction / History

The Gonhri people are also known as Mallah or Nishad. They are a caste associated with boating and fishing. They believe themselves to be descendants of the legendary figure, Nishad, who ferried King Rama and his wife, Sita, across the Ganges River. That tradition has been passed down through the centuries. They take pride in their caste and consider their occupation as boatmen carrying Hindu devotees as a high calling or holy occupation. Others consider them to be a "backward" (meaning low prestige) caste.

The Gonrhi people live mainly in India's states of West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. Others live in Bangladesh or Nepal.


What Are Their Lives Like?

The well-educated ones among them are teachers and government workers, but the majority of them continue as their ancestors have done for centuries: cultivating or fishing. Within their fishing community, they have specialized work based on their subgroup. Some are boatmen, others are fishermen. Those who fish use fishing baskets rather than nets. Many of them belong to the Matsyajibi Unnyan Samity which seeks to improve the welfare of those engaged in the fishing trade.

They usually find a mate through family negotiations. Though monogamy is the custom, they will make an exception if the wife is infertile. Then the husband can take a second wife. They don't permit divorce. Their daughters get an equal share of the family wealth if they don't have brothers. Otherwise, the boys receive it all.


What Are Their Beliefs?

The Gonrhi are a Hindu community that worships a number of family and regional deities.


What Are Their Needs?

These people need to put their hope in the Lord of lords, who turned fishermen into disciples that turned the world upside down.


Prayer Points

Pray for the Gonhri people to understand and embrace that Jesus wants to bless their families and neighborhoods.

Pray for Holy Spirit anointed believers from the Gonhri people to change their society from within.

Pray for a movement in which the Holy Spirit leads and empowers Gonhri disciples to make more disciples.

Pray that they will seek and find the One who called made disciples out of fishermen.


Scripture Prayers for the Gonrhi in India.


References

http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/Gonrhi


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People Name General Gonrhi
People Name in Country Gonrhi
Pronunciation gohn-REE
Alternate Names Chabri; Gond Gund; Goneri; Gonhr; Gonr; Gonrh; Gorh; Gothahum; Gounr; Gour; Gunrhi; Gurshi; Machhuar; Mallah; Mollah; गॉनरही
Population this Country 957,000
Population all Countries 965,000
Total Countries 3
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group Yes
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed 19
People ID 16857
ROP3 Code 112139
ROP25 Code 302584
ROP25 Name Gonrhi
Country India
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 11  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Total States on file 7
Largest States
Bihar
922,000
Uttar Pradesh
13,000
West Bengal
12,000
Jharkhand
9,600
Assam
600
Andaman and Nicobar
80
Tripura
50
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Specialized Website South Asia Peoples
Country India
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 11  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Total States 7
  Bihar 922,000
  Uttar Pradesh 13,000
  West Bengal 12,000
  Jharkhand 9,600
  Assam 600
  Andaman and Nicobar 80
  Tripura 50
Website South Asia Peoples
Primary Religion: Hinduism
Major Religion Percent *
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.00 %)
0.00 %
Ethnic Religions
0.00 %
Hinduism
100.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
* From latest India census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.
Primary Language Hindi (413,000 speakers)
Language Code hin   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 7
Secondary Languages
Bhojpuri
251,000
Maithili
83,000
Angika
29,000
Bengali
16,000
Magahi
14,000
Surjapuri
100
Primary Language Hindi (413,000 speakers)
Language Code hin   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 7
Secondary Languages
  Bhojpuri 251,000
  Maithili 83,000
  Angika 29,000
  Bengali 16,000
  Magahi 14,000
  Surjapuri 100
People Groups Speaking Hindi

Primary Language:  Hindi

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