Hinduism people group listing

Religion: Hinduism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,237,079,000

% of World Population

15.1 %

People Groups

2,396

Unreached Groups

2,201 (91.9 %)

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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group	Country	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Scripture Status	Est. Workers Needed *
	Maghaiya	India	1,600	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mahali	India	103,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	3.65 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	2
	Mahanta	Bangladesh	1,900	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mahanta	India	105,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	Pakistan	10,000	Sindhi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mahara	Bangladesh	17,000	Sylheti	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	4 New Testament	1
	Mahara	India	5,700	Odia	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mahishya	Bangladesh	757,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.95 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	15
	Mahishya	India	11,869,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	237
	Mahli	Bangladesh	44,000	Mahali	Hinduism	1 ●	1.48 %	0.76 %	3 Bible Portions	1
	Mahli	India	466,000	Marathi	Hinduism	1 ●	2.24 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	9
	Mahratta	Pakistan	4,100	Sindhi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mahratta Gomatang	India	85,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Mahratta Jadhav	India	3,199,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	64
	Mahratta Konkani	India	644,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	13
	Mahratta Kshatriya	India	64,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mahratta Kunbi	India	8,707,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	174
	Mahratta Kunbi	Pakistan	148,000	Sindhi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Mahratta Pawar	India	698,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	14
	Mahratta Shinde	India	634,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	13
	Mahratta unspecified	India	36,204,000	Marathi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	724
	Mahtam (Hindu traditions)	India	158,000	Punjabi, Eastern	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Mahtam (Hindu traditions)	Pakistan	7,400	Saraiki	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	0 Unspecified	1
	Mahuria	India	7,800	Odia	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mahyavanshi	India	1,907,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	1 ●	0.51 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	38
Totals:	2,396 Peoples		1,237,079,000			2,201 ●				25,033

* 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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Level	Description	Criteria
0.3	Unreached Frontier - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
0.7	Unreached not Frontier - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >.1% and <=5%
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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