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1,352,887,000

Unreached

Persecution
Rating

11

Stratus
Index

19

Security
Tier

02

Blackbox Work

  • Church Planting
  • Leadership Training
  • Evangelism Resources

Supporting Since: January 2021

Country
Stats

Source:

Total Population

1,422,141,000

# of Population in Unreached

1,352,887,000

# of People Groups

2,373

# of Unreached People Groups

2,135

Largest Religion

Hinduism

% Christian Adherent

2.32%

% Evangelical

Unknown

% Evangelical Annual Growth Rate:

3.90%

People

Ethnic Groups: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)

Languages: Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6% (2011 est.)

Literacy Rate: 74%

People

Economy

Largest South Asian economy; still informal domestic economies; COVID-19 reversed both economic growth and poverty reduction; credit access weaknesses contributing to lower private consumption and inflation; new social and infrastructure equity efforts

Economy

Country Profile:

Environment

Environmental Issues: deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge and growing population is overstraining natural resources; preservation and quality of forests; biodiversity loss

Environment

From the
Frontlines

By God’s grace

By God’s grace and His abundant blessing, many of our new believers are learning how to read the Bible and pray. They are already sharing the Gospel with their friends, bringing them to our Bible study meetings.

Persecution Currently or Potentially Being Experienced:

Physical abuse / beatings

Persecution from family

Financial persecution

Verbal abuse

Blacklisted

Arrests

Imprisonment

Kidnappings

Bribes

Deportation

Destruction of property

Fines

Torture

Murder

Execution

How to Pray

  • Pray for the cultural barriers of the caste system and Hinduism to be overcome by the Gospel.
  • Pray for the Good News of Jesus Christ to reach every village and town.
  • Pray for justice and hope in a nation plagued by oppression, poverty, and disease.