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The Nagar of India

The Nagar of India, numbering approximately 157,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a little-known community of Bihar and West Bengal tracing origin to Rajasthan, linked to a legend of court singers fleeing Emperor Aurangzeb's wrath. Agriculture remains primary, supplemented by wage labor and small business. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Angika is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Bihari
Primary Language(s): Angika (anp)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 157,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG041563
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

99%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Angika
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Angika Speakers

Media Resources in Angika:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Angika:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Nagar 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 Nagar:
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 Nagar of India

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
readJohn 11:25

Pray for the many who have never heard about or understood the importance of what Jesus did for them, asking God to make a way for them to hear that the perfect Son of Man suffered, died, and rose again so that they might be saved.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!
readPsalm 96:9

Pray that many who do not yet know Jesus will come to know Him and worship Him in the splendor of His holiness.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
readPsalm 42:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will thirst for God and be satisfied when they abide in Him.

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
read2 Corinthians 1:5

When any who might believe suffer for the sake of the gospel, ask God to deepen their understanding of His grace so that they may share it freely with those who have not received it.

Nagar Across Countries (ROP3 - 113197) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NagarPG041563NagarIndia157,000Engaged yet UnreachedAngikaHinduism

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