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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Magar-Khamkura of Nepal

The Magar-Khamkura of Nepal, numbering approximately 42,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a people of Nepal They are an Indigenous people, with Magar as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the South Himalayan people cluster of the Himalayan Peoples. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Western Parbate Kham is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Himalayan Peoples
Country: Nepal
People Cluster: South Himalayan
Primary Language(s): Western Parbate Kham (kjl)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 42,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG046448

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

99%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Western Parbate Kham
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Kham, Western Parbate Speakers

Media Resources in Western Parbate Kham:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Western Parbate Kham:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Magar-Khamkura 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 Magar-Khamkura:
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 Magar-Khamkura of Nepal

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.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."
readJohn 6:35

Pray that the lost will come to Jesus and believe in Him, never to hunger or thirst again.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
readGalatians 3:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be united in Christ across all differences of ethnicity, social status, and gender.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Magar, Khamkura Across Countries (ROP3 - 116503) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Magar-KhamkuraPG046448Magar-KhamkuraNepal42,500Engaged yet UnreachedWestern Parbate KhamHinduism

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