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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The East Indians of Chile

The East Indians of Chile, numbering approximately 3,900 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Caribbean people of Indian ancestry whose forebears arrived as indentured laborers from South Asia. They speak the dominant regional languages and maintain cultural traditions influenced by Hindu, Muslim, and broader Indo-Caribbean heritage. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Hindi is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Chile
People Cluster: Indo-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Hindi (hin)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 3,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG048723

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

100%
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Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hindi
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
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Hindi Speakers

Media Resources in Hindi:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Hindi:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Easy-to-Read Version✓✓
Indian Revised Version (OT - Davar Audio)✓
New Hindi Version✓
New Hindi Version - LUMO Christmas Film✓
New Hindi Version - LUMO Easter Film✓
Sab Ki✓✓

6 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hindi bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

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 East Indians:
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Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the East Indians of Chile

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
readLuke 13:3

Pray that the lost will repent and believe the gospel, for without it, they will perish.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
read1 Corinthians 9:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hearts that want to serve the lost around them so that many might come to faith in Jesus.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

East Indian Across Countries (ROP3 - 102818) reported in the following countries:

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12 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
East IndiansPG046769East IndiansTrinidad and Tobago133,000Engaged yet UnreachedTrinidadian Creole EnglishRoman Catholicism
East IndiansPG048724East IndiansJamaica25,500Engaged yet UnreachedHindiRoman Catholicism
East IndiansPG048721East IndiansBelize12,000Unengaged and UnreachedBelize Kriol EnglishUnaffiliated
East IndiansPG049231East IndiansSaint Lucia5,500Unengaged and UnreachedSaint Lucian Creole FrenchUnaffiliated
East IndiansPG049230East IndiansGrenada4,700Unengaged and UnreachedHindiProtestantism
East IndiansPG048723East IndiansChile3,900Unengaged and UnreachedHindiHinduism
East IndiansPG049229East IndiansBarbados3,900Engaged yet UnreachedBajanSunni Islam
East IndiansPG048719East IndiansArgentina2,700Unengaged and UnreachedHindiHinduism
East IndiansPG048722East IndiansBrazil2,400Unengaged and UnreachedHindiHinduism
East IndiansPG049232East IndiansSaint Vincent and the Grenadines1,500Unengaged and UnreachedVincentian Creole EnglishUnaffiliated
East IndiansPG049233East IndiansGuatemala700Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishUnaffiliated
East IndiansPG048725East IndiansVenezuela500Unengaged and UnreachedHindiHinduism

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