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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Wadiyara Koli of Pakistan

The Wadiyara Koli of Pakistan, numbering approximately 298,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an Indo-Aryan people tracing their name to Wadiyar in India's Gujarat, migrating into Sindh, Pakistan in the early 1900s to escape famine, affiliated with the Bhil and Koli peoples though identifying more with the latter, remaining predominantly Hindu They are an Indigenous people, with Wadiyara Koli as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Koli people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Wadiyara Koli is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Wadiyara Koli

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Koli
Primary Language(s): Wadiyara Koli (kxp)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 298,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006417

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

98%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Wadiyara Koli
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Koli, Wadiyari Speakers

Media Resources in Wadiyara Koli:

Films:
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MagdalenaView Film
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Bible Resources in Wadiyara Koli:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Wadiyara Koli 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 Wadiyara Koli:
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 Wadiyara Koli of Pakistan

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that was not called by my name."
readIsaiah 65:1

Pray that the lost will be found by God, even when they are not seeking Him. Pray that He will reveal Himself to them in a way they cannot ignore and that they will respond in faith.

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
readPsalm 133:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be unified and love one another as God loves them.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Wadiyara Koli Across Countries (ROP3 - 110605) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Wadiyara KoliPG006417Wadiyara KoliPakistan298,000Engaged yet UnreachedWadiyara KoliHinduism

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