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Number of People Groups

2,279

People Groups Unreached

2,048 (89.9%)

Progress Level

Progress Gauge

Total
Population

1,422,173,000

Population in Unreached

1,352,947,000 (95.1%)

Largest Religion

% Christian Adherent *

2.33%

% Evangelical

Unknown

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

3.9%
* From latest India census data. Other reputable sources suggest two to three times this many Christians in India.
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 41,000 86,000 Urdu Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Abor 1,900 1,900 Adi Unknown 16.36 % -
 Ad Dharmi 1,229,000 1,229,000 Punjabi, Eastern Hinduism 0.34 % 25
 Adi 82,000 86,000 Adi Unknown 21.03 % -
 Adi Andhra 363,000 364,000 Telugu Hinduism 0.86 % 7
Adi Andhra Christian 43,000 43,000 Telugu Christianity 100.00 % -
 Adi Dravida 10,144,000 10,144,000 Tamil Hinduism 0.10 % 203
Adi Dravida Christian 778,000 778,000 Tamil Christianity 100.00 % -
Adi Gallong 21,000 21,000 Adi, Galo Unknown 40.08 % -
 Adi Karnataka 3,509,000 3,509,000 Kannada Hinduism 0.51 % 70
Adi Karnataka Christian 207,000 207,000 Kannada Christianity 100.00 % -
 Adi Minyong 29,000 29,000 Adi Unknown 17.76 % -
 Adi Padam 16,000 16,000 Adi Unknown 30.11 % -
Adi Pasi 3,600 3,600 Adi Unknown 19.98 % -
Adi Ramo 1,600 1,800 Adi Unknown 45.87 % -
 Adiyan 19,000 19,000 Malayalam Hinduism 0.77 % 1
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar 2,500 2,500 Tamil Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 782,000 791,000 Tamil Hinduism 0.19 % 16
Agamudaiyan Udayar 10,000 10,000 Tamil Hinduism 17.96 % -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 258,000 267,000 Tamil Hinduism 0.50 % 5
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) 246,000 246,000 Agariya Hinduism 0.29 % 5
 Agariya (Muslim traditions) 18,000 20,000 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 82,000 82,000 Hindi Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
  Totals:  2,279 1,422,173,000         2,048 2.33 % 0.00 % 27,752 
  Unclassified / Other Individuals 6,455,000                
  UN Country Population (2023) 1,428,628,000                
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State Population People Groups Unreached
Groups
% Unreached
Peoples
Population
in Unreached
% Population
Unreached
Districts
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 451,000 286 247 86.4 % 335,000 74.3 % 3
Andhra Pradesh 63,121,000 490 452 92.2 % 62,066,000 98.3 % 13
Arunachal Pradesh 1,581,000 216 115 53.2 % 467,000 29.5 % 25
Assam 35,316,000 354 261 73.7 % 27,412,000 77.6 % 35
Bihar 130,228,000 487 460 94.5 % 129,501,000 99.4 % 38
Chandigarh 1,308,000 463 431 93.1 % 1,298,000 99.2 % 1
Chhattisgarh 33,106,000 560 525 93.8 % 31,926,000 96.4 % 27
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 389,000 191 182 95.3 % 387,000 99.5 % 1
Daman and Diu 298,000 219 210 95.9 % 293,000 98.3 % 2
Delhi 21,531,000 765 707 92.4 % 21,398,000 99.4 % 11
Goa 1,831,000 311 288 92.6 % 1,324,000 72.3 % 2
Gujarat 76,199,000 650 613 94.3 % 75,606,000 99.2 % 33
Haryana 31,517,000 471 457 97.0 % 31,480,000 99.9 % 22
Himachal Pradesh 8,857,000 376 354 94.1 % 8,840,000 99.8 % 12
Jammu and Kashmir 15,077,000 296 287 97.0 % 15,058,000 99.9 % 20
Jharkhand 39,839,000 541 506 93.5 % 32,430,000 81.4 % 24
Karnataka 72,533,000 659 621 94.2 % 71,270,000 98.3 % 31
Kerala 40,112,000 412 361 87.6 % 32,571,000 81.2 % 14
Ladakh 307,000 52 50 96.2 % 307,000 100.0 % 2
Lakshadweep 74,000 10 7 70.0 % 74,000 99.5 % 1
Madhya Pradesh 90,821,000 779 732 94.0 % 90,722,000 99.9 % 55
Maharashtra 137,530,000 865 803 92.8 % 136,152,000 99.0 % 36
Manipur 3,420,000 199 127 63.8 % 2,004,000 58.6 % 16
Meghalaya 3,469,000 208 153 73.6 % 441,000 12.7 % 11
Mizoram 1,341,000 130 84 64.6 % 148,000 11.0 % 8
Nagaland 2,307,000 169 106 62.7 % 216,000 9.4 % 12
Odisha 50,533,000 705 663 94.0 % 44,220,000 87.5 % 30
Puducherry 1,506,000 242 217 89.7 % 1,413,000 93.8 % 4
Punjab 35,472,000 475 448 94.3 % 35,245,000 99.4 % 23
Rajasthan 84,864,000 575 560 97.4 % 84,840,000 100.0 % 33
Sikkim 704,000 85 72 84.7 % 401,000 57.0 % 6
Tamil Nadu 88,325,000 583 515 88.3 % 82,596,000 93.5 % 38
Telangana 42,357,000 522 481 92.1 % 41,816,000 98.7 % 33
Tripura 4,313,000 270 210 77.8 % 3,091,000 71.7 % 8
Uttar Pradesh 275,129,000 786 759 96.6 % 275,054,000 100.0 % 75
Uttarakhand 14,674,000 582 563 96.7 % 14,647,000 99.8 % 13
West Bengal 116,861,000 689 617 89.6 % 111,432,000 95.4 % 23
Country:   1,422,173,000 2,279 2,048 89.9 % 1,352,947,000 95.1 % 741

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Class Population % Popl % Hindu % Muslim % Christian % Buddhist % Sikh % Other
 
Forward Caste (FC) 286,262,000 20.1 % 97.2 % 0.0 % 1.2 % 0.1 % 0.0 % 1.4 %
 
Other Backward Classes (OBC) 796,473,000 56.0 % 70.7 % 24.3 % 1.8 % 0.1 % 2.3 % 0.8 %
 
Scheduled Caste (SC) 219,606,000 15.4 % 93.1 % 0.0 % 0.4 % 3.5 % 2.9 % 0.0 %
 
Scheduled Tribe (ST) 119,832,000 8.4 % 81.2 % 1.5 % 9.5 % 0.8 % 0.0 % 6.8 %
1,422,173,000
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Language Code # Peoples
w/ this Primary
Language
# Unreached
w/ this Primary
Language
Scripture
Status
YouVersion
Bible
Resources
Faith Comes
By Hearing
Bible Resources
Jesus Film
Online
Global
Recordings
Resources
Gospel
Tract
Online
Adi adi 15 1 Complete Bible
Adi, Galo adl 2 0 New Testament
Agariya agi 1 1 Unspecified
Aimol aim 1 0 New Testament
Aiton aio 1 1 Translation Started
Anal anm 1 0 Complete Bible
Angika anp 1 1 Bible Portions
Apatani apt 1 0 New Testament
Arabic, Mesopotamian acm 1 1 New Testament
Assamese asm 16 13 Complete Bible
Asuri asr 1 0 Unspecified
Awadhi awa 1 1 Complete Bible
Badaga bfq 1 1 New Testament
Balti bft 1 1 Bible Portions
Bengali ben 130 127 Complete Bible
Bhatri bgw 1 1 New Testament
Bhili bhb 2 2 New Testament
Bhojpuri bho 9 9 New Testament
Bhunjia bhu 1 1 New Testament
Biate biu 1 0 Complete Bible
Birhor biy 1 0 Unspecified
Bishnupuriya bpy 1 1 Bible Portions
Bondo bfw 1 1 Bible Portions
Boro brx 2 0 Complete Bible
Brokskat bkk 1 1 Unspecified
Bugun bgg 1 0 New Testament
Buksa tkb 1 1 Bible Portions
Burmese mya 1 1 Complete Bible
Chakma ccp 1 1 Complete Bible
Chambeali cdh 3 3 New Testament
Changthang cna 1 1 Translation Started
Chaura crv 1 1 Translation Started
Chhattisgarhi hne 10 10 New Testament
Chin, Falam cfm 2 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Hakha cnh 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Mara mrh 3 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Paite pck 1 0 Complete Bible
Chin, Thado tcz 9 0 Complete Bible
Chinese, Mandarin cmn 1 0 Complete Bible
Chiru cdf 1 0 New Testament
Chodri cdi 1 1 New Testament
Dangi dhn 1 1 New Testament
Dari prs 1 1 Complete Bible
Deori der 1 1 Bible Portions
Dhundari dhd 3 3 New Testament
Digaro-Mishmi mhu 2 0 Bible Portions
Dimasa dis 2 1 New Testament
Dogri dgo 14 14 New Testament
Dubli dub 2 2 New Testament
Duruwa pci 2 2 New Testament
Dzongkha dzo 1 1 Complete Bible
English eng 1 0 Complete Bible
Gaddi gbk 1 1 New Testament
Gahri bfu 1 1 Bible Portions
Gamit gbl 1 0 New Testament
Gangte gnb 1 0 Complete Bible
Garasia, Adiwasi gas 1 1 New Testament
Garhwali gbm 5 5 New Testament
Garo grt 1 0 Complete Bible
Gata' gaq 1 1 New Testament
Gondi, Adilabad wsg 1 1 New Testament
Gondi, Northern gno 8 8 New Testament
Gujarati guj 134 132 Complete Bible
Gujari gju 2 2 Unspecified
Halbi hlb 1 1 New Testament
Haroti hoj 1 1 New Testament
Haryanvi bgc 1 1 New Testament
Hindi hin 541 539 Complete Bible
Hmar hmr 1 0 Complete Bible
Ho hoc 2 2 New Testament
Hrangkhol hra 1 0 Complete Bible
Hruso hru 1 0 Translation Started
Idu-Mishmi clk 1 0 Bible Portions
Indian Sign Language ins 1 0 Unspecified
Irula iru 1 1 Bible Portions
Jarawa anq 1 1 Translation Started
Jaunsari jns 1 1 New Testament
Jingpho kac 1 1 Complete Bible
Kacchi kfr 4 4 New Testament
Kamar keq 1 1 Unspecified
Kangri xnr 6 6 New Testament
Kanikkaran kev 1 1 Unspecified
Kannada kan 87 85 Complete Bible
Karbi mjw 1 0 Complete Bible
Karen, S'gaw ksw 1 0 Complete Bible
Kashmiri kas 33 33 Complete Bible
Khamba kbg 2 2 Translation Started
Khamyang ksu 1 1 Translation Started
Kharia khr 1 0 New Testament
Khasi kha 1 0 Complete Bible
Kinnauri kfk 1 1 New Testament
Koch kdq 1 1 Bible Portions
Kodava kfa 2 2 New Testament
Koireng nkd 1 0 Bible Portions
Kok Borok trp 9 1 Complete Bible
Kolami, Northwestern kfb 1 1 New Testament
Kom kmm 1 0 Complete Bible
Konkani knn 10 8 Complete Bible
Konkani, Goan gom 16 13 Complete Bible
Korku kfq 4 4 New Testament
Koya kff 3 3 New Testament
Kudiya kfg 1 1 Translation Started
Kui, Dawik dwk 1 0 Bible Portions
Kukna kex 1 1 New Testament
Kumaoni kfy 6 6 New Testament
Kurichiya kfh 1 1 Translation Started
Kurumba, Betta xub 1 1 New Testament
Kurumba, Jennu xuj 1 1 Bible Portions
Kurux kru 1 0 Complete Bible
Kuvi kxv 1 1 New Testament
Ladakhi lbj 4 4 Complete Bible
Lambadi lmn 3 3 New Testament
Lamkang lmk 1 0 Complete Bible
Lepcha lep 1 0 New Testament
Lhomi lhm 1 0 New Testament
Lish lsh 1 1 Translation Started
Lisu lis 1 0 Complete Bible
Magahi mag 1 1 New Testament
Maithili mai 4 4 New Testament
Mal Paharia mkb 3 1 Complete Bible
Malayalam mal 93 81 Complete Bible
Maldivian div 1 1 Bible Portions
Malvi mup 1 1 New Testament
Mandeali mjl 2 2 New Testament
Marathi mar 93 91 Complete Bible
Marwari rwr 21 21 New Testament
Meitei mni 8 8 Complete Bible
Mewari mtr 2 2 New Testament
Miju-Mishmi mxj 2 1 Bible Portions
Mising mrg 1 1 New Testament
Mizo lus 6 0 Complete Bible
Monpa, Kalaktang kkf 1 0 Translation Started
Monpa, Tawang twm 2 2 Unspecified
Munda unx 1 0 New Testament
Mundari unr 2 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Angami njm 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Ao njo 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Chang nbc 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Chokri nri 1 0 New Testament
Naga, Chothe nct 1 0 New Testament
Naga, Inpui nkf 1 0 New Testament
Naga, Kharam kfw 1 0 New Testament
Naga, Khiamniungan kix 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Konyak nbe 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Liangmai njn 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Lotha njh 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Mao nbi 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Maram nma 1 0 New Testament
Naga, Maring nng 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Monsang nmh 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Moyon nmo 1 0 New Testament
Naga, Nocte njb 3 0 New Testament
Naga, Phom nph 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Pochuri npo 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Poumai pmx 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Sangtam nsa 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Southern Rengma nre 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Sumi nsm 2 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Tangkhul nmf 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Tangshang nst 9 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Tarao tro 1 0 New Testament
Naga, Thangal nki 1 0 New Testament
Naga, Wancho nnp 1 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Yimchungru yim 2 0 Complete Bible
Naga, Zeme nzm 1 0 Complete Bible
Nagamese nag 1 0 New Testament
Nepali npi 21 14 Complete Bible
Nicobarese, Car caq 1 0 Complete Bible
Nyishi njz 4 0 Complete Bible
Odia ory 165 151 Complete Bible
Pahari, Kullu kfx 1 1 New Testament
Panchpargania tdb 2 2 New Testament
Pangwali pgg 1 1 New Testament
Paniya pcg 1 1 New Testament
Pardhan pch 1 1 Bible Portions
Pardhi pcl 1 1 Bible Portions
Phake phk 1 0 Translation Started
Pnar pbv 1 0 Bible Portions
Punjabi, Eastern pan 109 108 Complete Bible
Punjabi, Western pnb 6 6 New Testament
Purig prx 1 1 New Testament
Puroik suv 1 0 Bible Portions
Rakhine rki 1 1 Bible Portions
Rathawi rtw 1 1 New Testament
Ravula yea 1 1 Complete Bible
Sadri sck 2 2 New Testament
Sakachep sch 1 0 New Testament
Sansi ssi 1 1 Bible Portions
Santhali sat 1 0 Complete Bible
Sartang onp 2 2 Translation Started
Sentinel std 1 1 Translation Started
Shan shn 1 1 Complete Bible
Sherdukpen sdp 1 1 Translation Started
Sholaga sle 1 1 New Testament
Sikkimese sip 2 2 Translation Needed
Simte smt 1 0 Complete Bible
Sindhi snd 2 2 Complete Bible
Singpho sgp 2 1 Complete Bible
Sinhala sin 1 1 Complete Bible
Syuba syw 1 1 Bible Portions
Tagin tgj 1 0 New Testament
Tamil tam 113 90 Complete Bible
Tangchangya tnv 1 0 Translation Started
Telugu tel 128 124 Complete Bible
Teressa tef 1 1 Translation Started
Tibetan, Central bod 1 1 Complete Bible
Tinani lbf 2 2 New Testament
Toda tcx 1 0 Bible Portions
Toto txo 1 1 Bible Portions
Tshangla tsj 1 1 New Testament
Tulu tcy 13 12 New Testament
Urdu urd 191 191 Complete Bible
Vaagri Booli vaa 1 1 New Testament
Vaiphei vap 1 0 Complete Bible
Varli vav 1 1 New Testament
Vasavi vas 1 1 New Testament
Wagdi wbr 2 2 New Testament
Yakkha ybh 1 0 New Testament
Yerukula yeu 1 1 New Testament
Zakhring zkr 1 0 Unspecified
Zo zom 1 0 Complete Bible
Totals: 221 2,279 2,048   131 102 148 208 23
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India Statistics
People Groups 2,279
Unreached People Groups 2,048  (89.9%)
Population 1,422,173,000
Population Annual Growth Rate 1.2%
Population in Unreached 1,352,947,000  (95.1%)
Primary Religion Hinduism
Percent Christian Adherent 2.3%
Percent Evangelical Unknown
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate 3.9%
Pioneer Workers Needed * 27,752
Country Progress Level 1
Urbanization 34%
Continent Asia
Region Asia, South
10/40 Window Yes
Country Code IN
Official Language(s) HindiEnglish
Literacy Rate 74%
Estimated Illiterate Population 369,765,000
Persecution Ranking 11 (1=Highest) Open Doors
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