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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Nyaria of India

The Nyaria of India, numbering approximately 3,200 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a migrant community of western Rajasthan calling themselves Pathan or Sheikh, their name recalling the trade of separating precious metals from a goldsmith's refuse. Agriculture supplements their precious metals trade. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Mewari is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Rajasthani
Primary Language(s): Mewari (mtr)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 3,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG048972
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mewari
Language Family: Indo-European

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Mewari Speakers

Media Resources in Mewari:

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Bible Resources in Mewari:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Nyaria:
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Pray specifically for the Nyaria of India

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
readMatthew 28:16-20

Pray that those who don't yet know Him will encounter the risen Savior and be transformed by the power of His resurrection, becoming disciples who make disciples.

For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God!
readDeuteronomy 32:3

Pray that believers will proclaim the Lord’s name and declare the greatness of our God so that others might believe in Him.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
readPsalm 42:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will thirst for God and be satisfied when they abide in Him.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

Nyaria Across Countries (ROP3 - 113267) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NyariaPG048972NyariaIndia3,200Unengaged and UnreachedMewariSunni Islam

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