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The Dhagar of Nepal

The Dhagar of Nepal, numbering approximately 55,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Dravidian-speaking ethnolinguistic tribe indigenous to the Chhotanagpur Plateau of northeastern India and adjacent areas of Bangladesh and Nepal. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Kurukh is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Nepal
People Cluster: South Asian Tribal
Primary Language(s): Kurukh (kru)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 55,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006273
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Pray for the Dhagar of Nepal

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

99%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kurukh
Language Family: Dravidian

71%
%
Kurux Speakers

Media Resources in Kurukh:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Kurukh:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Friends Missionary Prayer Band✓✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Kurukh bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Dhagar 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 Dhagar:
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 Dhagar of Nepal

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that those who haven't heard will hear the Word of Christ and believe in Him, calling upon the name of the Lord to be saved.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
readPsalm 96:3

Pray for people to hear and believe the good news of Jesus and joyfully share it with their family and friends.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
readPhilippians 3:20-21

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember their citizenship is in heaven.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
readActs 17:30

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will boldly and lovingly declare that God commands all people everywhere to repent.

Oraon Across Countries (ROP3 - 107674) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
OraonPG041304OraonIndia5,585,000No Longer UnreachedKurukhEthnoreligion
OraonPG001195OraonBangladesh90,000No Longer UnreachedKurukhAnimism
DhagarPG006273DhagarNepal55,000Engaged yet UnreachedKurukhHinduism
OraonPG001235OraonBhutan4,200No Longer UnreachedKurukhHinduism

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