• PEOPLE CLUSTER: RAJASTHANI

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QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 71

Population: 14,956,775

Unreached people groups: 63

UPG population: 14,206,275

Unengaged UPGs: 33

UUPG population: 1,525,775

Number of countries: 3


Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples

Overview: The Rajasthani are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group indigenous to the state of Rajasthan in northern India. Rajasthani people groups speak a variety of related languages including Marwari, Mewari, and Shekhawati. One or more Rajasthani languages are spoken by more than 20 million people in Rajasthan and neighboring states of India and Pakistan. The Rajasthani people cluster encompasses numerous castes and tribes, mos of who practice Hinduism.

Peoples within this cluster: Aheria; Babar; Badhi, Hindu; Badhi, Marwari; Bagri; Bairwa; Baret; Bhanumati; Bhattiana; Bhopa; Bishnoi; Brittal Bania; Bunkar; Chadwa, Muslim; Changar; Daroga, Hindu; Dhatki Marwari; Dhed; Dhola; Gawaria; Ghihara; Ghirath; Hadi; Hiranbaj; Javeri; Jingar; Kadia, Hindu; Kalota; Kamad; Kambodia Bhagat; Kapadia Sansi; Kharol; Kharwal; Kriyagar; Kuchband; Kumawat; Laskari; Mankar; Marwadi, Nepali; Marwari, Northern; Marwari, Southern; Mehar; Mogia; Naik; Nyaria; Od; Pajabgar; Parkari Kachchhi; Raigar; Rangaswami; Ranghar; Rathia, Muslim; Rawat; Sadh; Sain; Sanchia; Santia, Hindu; Sargara; Seok; Siddh; Silawat, Hindu; Singiwala; Sirvi; Sunga; Thori, Hindu; Van Baoriya; Vijabargiya; Zamral

Countries where they are found: India; Nepal; Pakistan


People groups: 71

Population: 14,956,775

Unreached people groups: 63

UPG population: 14,206,275

Unengaged UPGs: 33

UUPG population: 1,525,775

Number of countries: 3