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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Newange Rai of Nepal

The Newange Rai of Nepal, numbering approximately 5,900 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Nepal. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Western Meohang is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Newange Rai

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Himalayan Peoples
Country: Nepal
People Cluster: South Himalayan
Primary Language(s): Western Meohang (raf)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 5,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006267
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

70%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Western Meohang
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

71%
%
Mewahang, Western Speakers

Media Resources in Western Meohang:

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Bible Resources in Western Meohang:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Newange Rai 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 Newange Rai:
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 Newange Rai of Nepal

These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self- made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
readColossians 2:23

Pray for those without Christ, that they will see the emptiness of human traditions and turn to the truth and grace found in Jesus.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
readPsalm 121:1-2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience hardship, God will remind them that their help comes from the One who made heaven and earth and that He is powerful to meet their needs.

And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation, but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."
readRomans 15:20-21

Pray that God will send believers to cross cultures and proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that the nations might glorify God for His mercy.

Rai, Newange Across Countries (ROP3 - 107216) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Newange RaiPG006267Newange RaiNepal5,900Engaged yet UnreachedWestern MeohangHinduism

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