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The Kanaura of India

The Kanaura of India, numbering approximately 92,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a tribal Tibetan ethnic group indigenous to the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. They mostly adhere to Folk Hinduism and Kinnauri is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Tibetan
Primary Language(s): Kinnauri (kfk)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Hinduism
Population: 92,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG041792
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

66%
%
Folk Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kinnauri
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

74%
%
Kinnauri Speakers

Media Resources in Kinnauri:

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Bible Resources in Kinnauri:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kanaura 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 Kanaura:
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 Kanaura of India

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
readExodus 2:23-24

As the lost among them labor, groan, and cry out under false religions and sin, pray God will have mercy on them and hear their cries, that He will be their Rescuer from the kingdom of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of light.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that everyone has access to God's Word and that those who hear the good news will turn from their sins and put their faith in Jesus the Messiah.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
readHebrews 10:36

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will patiently endure suffering and hardships and do God's will so that they may receive what He has promised.

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.

Kanauri Across Countries (ROP3 - 104558) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KanauraPG041792KanauraIndia92,000Engaged yet UnreachedKinnauriFolk Hinduism
KanauriPG006365KanauriPakistan7,500Unengaged and UnreachedKinnauriHinduism

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