People Cluster - South Asia - other

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

Population

26,736,000

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

185

Unreached Groups (by Country)

139

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%

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
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	25,000	4	4	100.0 %	25,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Other / Small	0.0%	0.0%	4
	Bhabra (Jain traditions)	32,000	1	1	100.0 %	32,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Other / Small	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Chamling	6,300	1	1	100.0 %	6,300	100.0 %	0 ☀	Other / Small	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Digambara	52,000	1	1	100.0 %	52,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Other / Small	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Gujarati Creole	89,000	2	2	100.0 %	89,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	3.0%	0.1%	3
	Hijda	180,000	1	1	100.0 %	180,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Hinduism	0.0%	0.0%	4
	Hindi	2,675,000	17	16	94.1 %	2,660,000	99.4 %	1 ●	Hinduism	2.0%	0.7%	56
	Indian Tamil	9,700	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Hinduism	36.2%	0.0%	-1 -
	Indian, English-speaking	541,000	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Hinduism	9.7%	1.1%	-1 -
	Indo-French	200	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Unknown	30.6%	0.0%	-1 -
	Indo-Vietnamese	400	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Unknown	10.0%	0.0%	-1 -
	Jadgali	11,000	1	1	100.0 %	11,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Islam	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Kachchi	166,000	3	3	100.0 %	166,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism	0.7%	0.1%	4
	Kandoi	2,700	1	1	100.0 %	2,700	100.0 %	0 ☀	Other / Small	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Khaling	1,500	1	1	100.0 %	1,500	100.0 %	0 ☀	Other / Small	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Khami	6,100	2	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	2 ●	Other / Small	5.7%	0.0%	-1 -
	Kulung	27,000	1	1	100.0 %	27,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Other / Small	0.3%	0.0%	1
	Leper	1,400	1	1	100.0 %	1,400	100.0 %	0 ☀	Hinduism	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Lingayat	3,489,000	1	1	100.0 %	3,489,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Ethnic Religions	0.0%	0.0%	70
	Malaysians, English-speaking	16,000	1	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	4 ●	Islam	9.0%	4.0%	-1 -
	Malvaru	200	1	1	100.0 %	200	100.0 %	0 ☀	Other / Small	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Mauritian	1,080,000	10	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %	5 ●	Hinduism	35.9%	11.3%	-1 -
	Mewahang	3,800	1	1	100.0 %	3,800	100.0 %	0 ☀	Other / Small	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Nachhiring	7,300	1	1	100.0 %	7,300	100.0 %	0 ☀	Other / Small	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Parsee	155,000	11	11	100.0 %	155,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Other / Small	0.0%	0.0%	12
	Rai	732,000	4	2	50.0 %	4,800	0.7 %	2 ●	Other / Small	6.8%	0.0%	2
	Sada	8,600	1	1	100.0 %	8,600	100.0 %	0 ☀	Other / Small	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Sarnami Hindi	1,168,000	6	2	33.3 %	146,000	12.5 %	4 ●	Hinduism	26.7%	8.1%	4
	Sindhi	173,000	8	8	100.0 %	173,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Hinduism	1.2%	0.0%	8
	South Asian, general	12,253,000	59	44	74.6 %	11,159,000	91.1 %	1 ●	Hinduism	4.2%	1.1%	243
	South Asian, Telugu-speaking	1,145,000	11	6	54.5 %	933,000	81.4 %	1 ●	Hinduism	4.6%	1.2%	20
	Swetambara	44,000	1	1	100.0 %	44,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Other / Small	0.0%	0.0%	1
	Urdu	2,113,000	24	24	100.0 %	2,113,000	100.0 %	0 ☀	Islam	0.0%	0.0%	56
	Yakthumba, Limbu	523,000	3	2	66.7 %	378,000	72.3 %	1 ●	Other / Small	4.6%	0.0%	9
Totals:	34 Peoples (across countries)	26,736,000	185	139	75.1 %	21,866,000	81.8 %	●	Hinduism	5.5%	1.5%	508

* 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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