Hinduism people group listing

Religion: Hinduism What is Primary Religion?

Population of Adherents

1,237,138,000

% of World Population

15.1 %

People Groups

2,399

Unreached Groups

2,204 (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 *
	Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	India	149,000	Bengali	Hinduism	2 ●	11.29 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Lodha Jariya	India	1,722,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	34
	Lohana	India	668,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	13
	Lohana	Pakistan	90,000	Sindhi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	2
	Lohar (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	196,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Lohar (Hindu traditions)	India	11,024,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	220
	Lohar (Hindu traditions)	Nepal	113,000	Maithili	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	-1	4 New Testament	2
	Lohar (Hindu traditions)	Pakistan	25,000	Sindhi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	0.03 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lunia (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	40,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lunia (Hindu traditions)	India	3,685,000	Hindi	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	74
	Lunia (Hindu traditions)	Nepal	76,000	Maithili	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.03 %	-1	4 New Testament	2
	Machhi (Hindu traditions)	India	901,000	Gujarati	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	18
	Machhi (Hindu traditions)	Pakistan	2,800	Dhatki	Hinduism	1 ●	1.30 %	1.30 %	4 New Testament	1
	Madasi Kuruva	India	10,000	Telugu	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Madiga (Hindu traditions)	India	9,031,000	Telugu	Hinduism	1 ●	0.13 %	0.06 %	5 Complete Bible	181
	Madiga Dasu	India	9,500	Telugu	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Magar	Bangladesh	2,500	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Magar	Bhutan	2,900	Assamese	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Magar	India	417,000	Nepali	Hinduism	2 ●	5.05 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	-1 -
	Magar	Nepal	2,062,000	Nepali	Hinduism	1 ●	2.28 %	1.14 %	5 Complete Bible	41
	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
	Mahishya	Bangladesh	757,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.95 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	15
Totals:	2,399 Peoples		1,237,138,000			2,204 ●				25,040

* 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 >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - 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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