South Asian Peoples

features People Group Strategic Needs

The following pie charts reflect real-time current status of people groups. Hover over the charts/graphs and click on the pop-up window links to learn more about a specific people group.

PG* (People Group) is the largest group through which the gospel can flow without encountering significant barriers of understanding and acceptance.

UPG* (Unreached People Group) is when the percentage of evangelical Christians in the people group is less than 2 percent.

UUPG* (Unengaged Unreached People Group) is Unreached plus there is no intentional church planting strategy being implemented.


People Group Highlights

Displaying 1-39 of 39 results.
StatusPG Name Country Of Birth IMB Affinity Group Affinity Bloc Primary Religion Population Total
 
Nepali, MagarNepalSouth Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesHinduism100
Nepali, BantawaNepalSouth Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesEthnic Religions100
Nepali, ChamlingNepalSouth Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesHinduism100
Nepali, LimbuNepalSouth Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesBuddhism900
Nepali, SherpaNepalSouth Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesBuddhism4,200
Nepali, GurungNepalSouth Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesBuddhism1,200
MalayaliIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism220,000
MarathiIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism45,000
AssameseIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesIslam1,300
Nepali, BrahmanNepalSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism1,000
Afghan, Hindu/SikhsAfghanistanSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesOther Religions - Sikhism6,000
Gujarati (Muslim)IndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesIslam - Shia15,000
BengaliBangladeshSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesIslam - Sunni208,000
Nepali, BhutaneseBhutanSouth Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesHinduism49,000
BihariIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesIslam - Sunni150
MundaIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism2,500
South Asian IndiansIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism1,750,000
NepaliNepalSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism33,166
KeralaIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesChristianity - Coptic68,000
Naga, TangkhulIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesChristianity - Protestant100
MeitheiIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesHinduism140
OriyaIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism2,900
PunjabiPakistanSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesIslam - Sunni228,000
RajasthaniIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism425
RohingyaMyanmar [Burma]South Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesIslam13,000
SindhiPakistanSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesIslam9,600
Sri Lankan, SinhaleseSri LankaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesBuddhism17,000
GoansIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism1,800
TamilIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism103,000
Gujarati (Hindu)IndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism340,000
TeluguIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism202,000
KonkaniIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism5,815
HindiIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism758,818
Punjabi SikhIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesOther Religions - Sikhism510,000
UrduPakistanSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesIslam470,351
KannadaIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism42,415
KashmiriIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesIslam1,200
Fijian HindiFijiSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism - Other / Marginal1,200
Indian Muslims (Shaikh)IndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesIslam60,000

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