Giddikki in India


Population
Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
Progress Gauge
* Data can be from various sources including official census, agencies, and local research. Data from these sources can sometimes differ even by orders of magnitude. Joshua Project attempts to present a conservative, balanced estimate.

Introduction / History

The Giddidki were traditionally fortune-tellers and alms-collectors. They live in northern Karnataka.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Now the selling of aluminum utensils and plastic boxes forms their main occupation. A few own land and are engaged in cultivation. There are also vegetable vendors, cycle repairers, collectors of old bottles, and daily-wage laborers among them.

All males are given equal shares in the family property, while the eldest son succeeds as the head of the family. Their traditional community council, the latikuta, deals with cases such as adultery, theft, and intercommunity marriage.


What Are Their Beliefs?

They mainly worship Durga, Lakshmi, Eswara, and Siddeswar. Thulajapur is their sacred center.


What Are Their Needs?

The Hindu Giddikki have little concept of a creator God, someone who stands outside his creation, yet is knowable as a person. They need a radical change in understanding.


Prayer Points

Please pray for prayer warriors to be raised up to pray for the many unreached communities of India including the Giddikki community.

Pray for loving ambassadors of Christ to go to the Giddikki people and teach new believers to disciple others.

Pray the Lord will begin to stir the hearts of many to know they need forgiveness for their sin, and that forgiveness is only available through the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Pray the Giddidki community will be able to gain new skills to become more employable, and for a rising literacy rate.


Scripture Prayers for the Giddikki in India.


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Giddikki
People Name in Country Giddikki
Alternate Names Gondili; Pingle; गिद्दिक़्क़ी
Population this Country 81,000
Population all Countries 81,000
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group Yes
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed 2
PeopleID3 16831
ROP3 Code 112107
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 2
Largest States
Karnataka
62,000
Goa
19,000
Districts Interactive map, listing and data download
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 2
  Karnataka 62,000
  Goa 19,000
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 Konkani (35,000 speakers)
Language Code knn   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 4
Secondary Languages
Kannada
23,000
Konkani, Goan
11,000
Marathi
2,300
Primary Language Konkani (35,000 speakers)
Language Code knn   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 4
Secondary Languages
  Kannada 23,000
  Konkani, Goan 11,000
  Marathi 2,300
People Groups Speaking Konkani
Photo Source COMIBAM / Sepal 
Map Source People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project.  
Profile Source Joshua Project 
Data Sources Data is compiled from various sources. Learn more.


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