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The Tangkhul of India

The Tangkhul of India, numbering approximately 217,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group inhabiting the Indo-Myanmar border area that includes parts of Manipur in northeast India Sagaing in northwest Myanmar. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Tangkhul Naga (India) is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Naga, Tangkhul

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Tangsa Naga
Primary Language(s): Tangkhul Naga (India) (nmf)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 217,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG041697
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

62%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tangkhul Naga (India)
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Naga, Tangkhul (India) Speakers

Media Resources in Tangkhul Naga (India):

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Bible Resources in Tangkhul Naga (India):

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Tangkhul are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Tangkhul:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Tangkhul of India

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
readMatthew 11:28

Pray for those who are tired, weary, and burdened by the weight of sin to encounter Jesus and experience the rest that only He can give.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Pray that the merciful God who is at work in people's hearts will advance His gospel among them.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
read1 Peter 2:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember every day that Jesus' death on the cross brings real healing and restoration to their souls and joyfully share this good news with others.

And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
readLuke 18:29-30

Pray that God will raise up people to go and share the gospel and help them trust His promise that anyone who has left those they treasure for the sake of the kingdom of God will receive many times more in this life and in the life to come.

Naga, Tangkhul Across Countries (ROP3 - 113738) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TangkhulPG041697TangkhulIndia217,000No Longer UnreachedTangkhul Naga (India)Protestantism
Tangkhul NagaPG046358Tangkhul NagaMyanmar17,000Engaged yet UnreachedTangkhul Naga (India)Ethnoreligion
Tangkhul NagaPG050369Tangkhul NagaUnited States100No Longer UnreachedTangkhul Naga (India)Protestantism

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