GAUDA of Andhra Pradesh

representative photo of Indian woman in yellow sari by Shrinivaskulkarni1388, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
  • POPULATION: 10,000
  • LANGUAGE: Telegu
  • RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND: Hindu
  • PROGRESS: 0.08% Christian; Evangelical unknown
  • BIBLE TRANSLATION: Complete

Many Gauda cultivate land that they own. Their main occupations are agricultural work and cattle herding. Educated Gauda are employed in professions like medicine, law, engineering, computer science, and politics. Of the 2.5 million Gauda, 10,000 live in Andhra Pradesh.

Prayer Request:

Pray for believers who engage with this group, pray that this group will be receptive to the Gospel, and pray for encouragement for the small number of believers from this group.

map showing concentration of Gauda in India

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