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The Bagri of Pakistan

The Bagri of Pakistan, numbering approximately 370,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Hindu community of the Cholistan desert borderlands in Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar, whose Rajasthani-derived language and migration into Sindh and Punjab trace back to the 1947 Partition. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Bagri is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Rajasthani
Primary Language(s): Bagri (bgq)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 370,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006326

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Pray for the Bagri of Pakistan

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

95%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bagri
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Bagri Speakers

Media Resources in Bagri:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Bagri:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Bagri bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bagri 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 Bagri:
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 Bagri of Pakistan

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.
readRomans 3:12

Pray that those who are enslaved to sin will admit their need for a Savior, acknowledging that no one is righteous.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
readMatthew 18:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they find other believers to pray with, and that they will trust God to answer their requests according to His will.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Bagri Across Countries (ROP3 - 100754) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
BagriPG041520BagriIndia482,000Engaged yet UnreachedMalviAnimism
BagriPG006326BagriPakistan370,000Engaged yet UnreachedBagriHinduism

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