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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Miri of India

The Miri of India, numbering approximately 893,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of India. They mostly adhere to Polytheism and Mising is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Miri

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: South Asian Tribal
Primary Language(s): Mising (mrg)
Primary Religion(s): Polytheism
Population: 893,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Dispersed CP Activity
People Group ID: PG041475
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Polytheism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

97%
%
Polytheism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mising
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Mising Speakers

Media Resources in Mising:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Mising:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Miri 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 Miri:
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 Miri of India

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
readIsaiah 53:6

Pray that those who have wandered far from God will be drawn back to Him, recognizing their need for a Savior and finding forgiveness and new life in Christ.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb’
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that many people will receive the gospel and will be part of the great multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, clothed in white robes and palm branches, proclaiming salvation belongs to our God.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
read1 Peter 2:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their identity as God's chosen people, royal priests, and holy nation, living out their faith with purity and devotion.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

Miri Across Countries (ROP3 - 112989) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MiriPG041475MiriIndia893,000Engaged yet UnreachedMisingPolytheism

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