The Sood of India, numbering approximately 46,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a trading community of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, and Delhi, their name recalling interest, traditionally moneylenders confined mainly to the lower hills. Business and government or private service remain common occupations They are an Indigenous people, with Sud as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the South Asian Sikh people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism. They primarily speak Hindi.