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The Kaikadi of India

The Kaikadi of India, numbering approximately 163,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Scheduled Caste community of the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra whose name comes from Tamil words for hand and basket, their traditional craft. Most Kaikadi are now landless daily-wage laborers employed as stonecutters. They mostly adhere to Folk Hinduism and Kaikadi is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Kaikadi

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Kanarese
Primary Language(s): Kaikadi (kep)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Hinduism
Population: 163,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG041699
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

98%
%
Folk Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kaikadi
Language Family: Dravidian

100%
%
Kaikadi Speakers

Media Resources in Kaikadi:

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Bible Resources in Kaikadi:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kaikadi are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Kaikadi:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Kaikadi of India

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
readRomans 1:18

Pray that God will have mercy and open the eyes of those who don't know Jesus, so that they can turn to the One who is able to save them from their sins.

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
readPsalm 127:3

Pray that God will bless this generation of children, that they will come to know Jesus early in life and follow Him always.

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
readLamentations 3:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and walk through trials, they will be satisfied with the Lord as their portion and will place all their hope in Him.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Kaikadi Across Countries (ROP3 - 112383) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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1 people group

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Kaikadi PG041699 Kaikadi India 163,000 Engaged yet Unreached Kaikadi Folk Hinduism

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