Country: India South Asia PeoplesSouth Asia Peoples website

Number of People Groups

2,272

People Groups Unreached

2,041 (89.8%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

1,435,244,000

Population in Unreached

1,368,197,000 (95.3%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent *

2.22%

% Evangelical

Unknown

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

3.9%
* Data can be from various sources including official census, agencies, and local research. Data from these sources can sometimes differ even by orders of magnitude. Joshua Project attempts to present a conservative, balanced estimate.
Map Notes

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Photo People Group Population
this Country
Global
Population
Indigenous Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
% Christian
Adherent *
% Evangelical Est. Workers
Needed *
 Abdul 40,000 86,000 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Abor 1,800 1,800 Adi Unknown 15.38 % -
 Ad Dharmi 1,169,000 1,169,000 Punjabi, Eastern Hinduism 0.34 % 23
 Adi 79,000 83,000 Adi Unknown 22.05 % -
 Adi Andhra 345,000 346,000 Telugu Hinduism 0.85 % 0.43 % 7
Adi Andhra Christian 22,000 22,000 Telugu Christianity 100.00 % -
 Adi Dravida 9,646,000 9,646,000 Tamil Hinduism ☀︎ 0.10 % 193
Adi Dravida Christian 739,000 739,000 Tamil Christianity 100.00 % -
Adi Gallong 20,000 20,000 Adi, Galo Unknown 40.06 % -
 Adi Karnataka 3,336,000 3,336,000 Kannada Hinduism 0.51 % 67
Adi Karnataka Christian 197,000 197,000 Kannada Christianity 100.00 % -
 Adi Minyong 27,000 27,000 Adi Unknown 17.76 % -
 Adi Padam 15,000 15,000 Adi Unknown 30.10 % -
Adi Pasi 3,400 3,400 Adi Unknown 19.98 % -
Adi Ramo 1,500 1,700 Adi Unknown 45.87 % -
 Adiyan 18,000 18,000 Malayalam Hinduism 0.77 % 1
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar 2,400 2,400 Tamil Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 745,000 754,000 Tamil Hinduism 0.19 % 15
Agamudaiyan Udayar 9,800 9,800 Tamil Hinduism 17.96 % -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 293,000 303,000 Tamil Hinduism 0.50 % 6
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) 235,000 235,000 Agariya Hinduism 0.29 % 5
 Agariya (Muslim traditions) 17,000 19,000 Urdu Islam ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Agaru 1,900 1,900 Telugu Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Ager (Hindu traditions) 17,000 18,000 Kannada Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
 Aghori 79,000 79,000 Hindi Hinduism ☀︎ 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
  Totals:  2,272 1,435,244,000         2,041 2.22 % 0.00 % 28,077 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 6,476,000                
  UN Country Population (2024) 1,441,720,000