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The Bagri of India

The Bagri of India, numbering approximately 482,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Rajasthani-speaking population of the Bagar region spanning northern Rajasthan and adjoining Haryana and Punjab, united primarily by use of the Bagri language rather than a single caste identity. They mostly adhere to Animism and Malvi is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Bagri

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Rajasthani
Primary Language(s): Malvi (mup)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 482,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG041520

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Pray for the Bagri of India

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

99%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Malvi
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Malvi Speakers

Media Resources in Malvi:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Malvi:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2012 Malvoday and New Life Literature (वर्जन नाम – मालवोदय)✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Malvi 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 India

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
readPsalm 51:1

Give thanks to God that He is able to forgive all the sins people might commit, and pray that many who don't yet know this will hear the good news and turn to Him for mercy.

Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
readPsalm 66:5

Pray that many here will come and see what the Creator God has done on their behalf.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember God's mercy and grace and experience joy as they walk in new life with Christ.

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
readJohn 1:35-36

Pray for those God sends to cross cultures to share the gospel, that they might faithfully share the good news of the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

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

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