• PEOPLE CLUSTER: ARAIN

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By Mohammad Faraz

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QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 6

Population: 1,086,700

Unreached people groups: 6

UPG population: 1,086,700

Unengaged UPGs: 3

UUPG population: 110,700

Number of countries: 1


Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples

Overview: The Arain are described as a gardening and cultivating caste, largely settled in Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Bihar. They follow the Sunni sect of Islam. While the majority are landholders, engaged in traditional cultivation and animal husbandry, some are employed in government or private jobs.

  -- K. S. Singh, People of India, Volume IV. India's Communities A-G. Delhi: Oxford University Press (1998), pp. 112-115

Peoples within this cluster: Arain, Dogri; Arain, Hindu; Arain, Kannauji; Arain, Muslim; Arain, Panjabi; Rayeen, Muslim

Countries where they are found: India


People groups: 6

Population: 1,086,700

Unreached people groups: 6

UPG population: 1,086,700

Unengaged UPGs: 3

UUPG population: 110,700

Number of countries: 1