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 *
	Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	72,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kurol	India	7,200	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Kusiari	India	2,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lashkar	India	1,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Lohar (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	196,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	4
	Lunia (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	40,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	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
	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
	Majhwar	Bangladesh	19,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mal (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	23,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mallah (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	18,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Malto	Bangladesh	36,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	3.72 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	1
	Matia	Bangladesh	28,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Matia	India	242,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.05 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	5
	Mech	Bangladesh	1,100	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mishri	Bangladesh	3,600	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mishri	India	7,200	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Mochi (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	244,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.02 %	0.02 %	5 Complete Bible	5
	Mochi (Hindu traditions)	India	2,229,000	Bengali	Hinduism	1 ●	0.21 %	-1	5 Complete Bible	45
	Musahar (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	16,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.01 %	0.01 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Nagar	India	174,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	3
	Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	18,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
	Nai (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	30,000	Bengali	Hinduism	0 ☀︎	0.00 %	0.00 %	5 Complete Bible	1
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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