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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Gujjar (Kashmiri) of India

The Gujjar (Kashmiri) of India, numbering approximately 1,220,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community descended from Gurjar pastoralists who migrated from Gujarat through the Indus valley into the Himalayan foothills, now transhumant herders across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh distinct from the region's Kashmiri-speaking majority. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Kashmiri is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Gujjar
Primary Language(s): Kashmiri (kas)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 1,220,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG041924
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kashmiri
Language Family: Indo-European

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Kashmiri Speakers

Media Resources in Kashmiri:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
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Bible Resources in Kashmiri:

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Or check out the Kashmiri bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Gujjar (Kashmiri) 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 Gujjar (Kashmiri):
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 Gujjar (Kashmiri) of India

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.
readPsalm 75:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will give thanks to the Lord for His wondrous works and declare His goodness to all people.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Gujjar, Muslim Across Countries (ROP3 - 112161) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
Gujjar (Kashmiri)PG041924Gujjar (Kashmiri)India1,220,000Engaged yet UnreachedKashmiriSunni Islam
GujjarsPG006353GujjarsPakistan348,000Engaged yet UnreachedGujariSunni Islam

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