PeopleGroups Initiative

South Asian Peoples

People Group Highlights

Displaying 1-39 of 39 results.

PG Name	Country Of Birth	IMB Affinity Group	Affinity Bloc	Primary Religion	Population Total

Nepali, Magar	Nepal	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Hinduism	100
Nepali, Bantawa	Nepal	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Ethnic Religions	100
Nepali, Chamling	Nepal	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Hinduism	100
Nepali, Limbu	Nepal	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Buddhism	900
Nepali, Sherpa	Nepal	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Buddhism	4,200
Nepali, Gurung	Nepal	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Buddhism	1,200
Malayali	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	220,000
Marathi	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	45,000
Assamese	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Islam	1,300
Nepali, Brahman	Nepal	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	1,000
Afghan, Hindu/Sikhs	Afghanistan	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Other Religions - Sikhism	6,000
Gujarati (Muslim)	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Islam - Shia	15,000
Bengali	Bangladesh	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Islam - Sunni	208,000
Nepali, Bhutanese	Bhutan	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Hinduism	49,000
Bihari	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Islam - Sunni	150
Munda	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	2,500
South Asian Indians	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	1,750,000
Nepali	Nepal	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	33,166
Kerala	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Christianity - Coptic	68,000
Naga, Tangkhul	India	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Christianity - Protestant	100
Meithei	India	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Hinduism	140
Oriya	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	2,900
Punjabi	Pakistan	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Islam - Sunni	228,000
Rajasthani	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	425
Rohingya	Myanmar [Burma]	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Islam	13,000
Sindhi	Pakistan	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Islam	9,600
Sri Lankan, Sinhalese	Sri Lanka	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Buddhism	17,000
Goans	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	1,800
Tamil	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	103,000
Gujarati (Hindu)	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	340,000
Telugu	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	202,000
Konkani	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	5,815
Hindi	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	758,818
Punjabi Sikh	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Other Religions - Sikhism	510,000
Urdu	Pakistan	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Islam	470,351
Kannada	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	42,415
Kashmiri	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Islam	1,200
Fijian Hindi	Fiji	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism - Other / Marginal	1,200
Indian Muslims (Shaikh)	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Islam	60,000

"After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count,
from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb."
(Revelation 7:9, NIV)

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