South Asia - other People Cluster

People Cluster: South Asia - other What is a People Cluster?

Population

27,388,000

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

167

Unreached Groups (by Country)

122

Affinity Bloc

South Asian Peoples

Cluster Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group ▲	Global Population	Peoples by Country	Unreached by Country	% Unreached Peoples	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Baha'i	27,000	3	3	100.0 %	27,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Other / Small	0.0 %	0.0 %	3
	Bhabra (Jain traditions)	36,000	1	1	100.0 %	36,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Other / Small	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Chamling	7,400	1	1	100.0 %	7,400	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Other / Small	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	East Indian	1,349,000	6	2	33.3 %	150,000	11.1 %	4 ●	Hinduism	25.6 %	7.9 %	4
	Gujarati Creole	99,000	2	2	100.0 %	99,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	3.0 %	0.1 %	3
	Hijda	201,000	1	1	100.0 %	201,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	4
	Hindi	2,753,000	17	15	88.2 %	2,731,000	99.2 %	1 ●	Hinduism	2.0 %	0.7 %	59
	Indian Tamil	9,900	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Hinduism	36.2 %	-1 Unknown	-1 -
	Indian, English-speaking	550,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Hinduism	9.7 %	1.1 %	-1 -
	Jadgali	12,000	1	1	100.0 %	12,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Kacchi	113,000	3	3	100.0 %	113,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism	1.0 %	0.1 %	4
	Kandoi	3,000	1	1	100.0 %	3,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Other / Small	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Khaling	1,700	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Other / Small	2.4 %	2.4 %	-1 -
	Khami	6,100	1	1	100.0 %	6,100	100.0 %	1 ●	Buddhism	4.6 %	-1 Unknown	1
	Kulung	32,000	1	1	100.0 %	32,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Other / Small	0.3 %	-1 Unknown	1
	Leper	1,600	1	1	100.0 %	1,600	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Hinduism	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Lingayat	3,867,000	1	1	100.0 %	3,867,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Ethnic Religions	0.0 %	-1 Unknown	77
	Malaysians, English-speaking	17,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	9.0 %	4.0 %	-1 -
	Mauritian	1,106,000	10	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Hinduism	36.0 %	11.0 %	-1 -
	Mewahang	4,500	1	1	100.0 %	4,500	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Other / Small	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Nachhiring	8,600	1	1	100.0 %	8,600	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Other / Small	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Rai	860,000	4	1	25.0 %	3,900	0.5 %	4 ●	Other / Small	6.7 %	5.3 %	1
	Sada	9,600	1	1	100.0 %	9,600	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Other / Small	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Sindhi	182,000	8	8	100.0 %	182,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.2 %	0.0 %	8
	South Asian, general	12,179,000	59	44	74.6 %	11,135,000	91.4 %	1 ●	Hinduism	4.1 %	1.1 %	242
	South Asian, Telugu-speaking	1,184,000	11	6	54.5 %	974,000	82.3 %	1 ●	Hinduism	4.6 %	1.1 %	23
	Urdu	2,161,000	24	24	100.0 %	2,161,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	54
	Yakthumba, Limbu	609,000	3	2	66.7 %	448,000	73.6 %	1 ●	Other / Small	4.6 %	2.0 %	10
Totals:	28 Peoples (across countries)	27,388,000	167	122	73.1 %	22,211,000	81.1 %	●	Hinduism	5.5%	1.7%	502

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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