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The East Indians of Chile

The East Indians of Chile, numbering approximately 3,900 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Caribbean people of Indian ancestry whose forebears arrived as indentured laborers from South Asia. They speak the dominant regional languages and maintain cultural traditions influenced by Hindu, Muslim, and broader Indo-Caribbean heritage. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Hindi is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Chile
People Cluster: Indo-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Hindi (hin)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 3,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG048723

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

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Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hindi
Language Family: Indo-European

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Hindi Speakers

Media Resources in Hindi:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Hindi:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Easy-to-Read Version✓✓
Indian Revised Version (OT - Davar Audio)✓
New Hindi Version✓
New Hindi Version - LUMO Christmas Film✓
New Hindi Version - LUMO Easter Film✓
Sab Ki✓✓

6 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hindi bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the East Indians:
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Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the East Indians of Chile

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
readTitus 3:3

Pray for those who seek worldly pleasures instead of God to flee from sin and choose God’s goodness and lovingkindness by placing their faith in Jesus.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”
readRevelation 4:11

Pray that the good news will advance and people will recognize and worship the One who created all things by His will, giving glory and honor to Him alone.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God in all things, especially in times of persecution.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

East Indian Across Countries (ROP3 - 102818) reported in the following countries:

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12 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
East IndiansPG049233East IndiansGuatemala700Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishUnaffiliated
East IndiansPG049232East IndiansSaint Vincent and the Grenadines1,500Unengaged and UnreachedVincentian Creole EnglishUnaffiliated
East IndiansPG049231East IndiansSaint Lucia5,500Unengaged and UnreachedSaint Lucian Creole FrenchUnaffiliated
East IndiansPG049230East IndiansGrenada4,700Unengaged and UnreachedHindiProtestantism
East IndiansPG049229East IndiansBarbados3,900Engaged yet UnreachedBajanSunni Islam
East IndiansPG048725East IndiansVenezuela500Unengaged and UnreachedHindiHinduism
East IndiansPG048724East IndiansJamaica25,500Engaged yet UnreachedHindiRoman Catholicism
East IndiansPG048723East IndiansChile3,900Unengaged and UnreachedHindiHinduism
East IndiansPG048722East IndiansBrazil2,400Unengaged and UnreachedHindiHinduism
East IndiansPG048721East IndiansBelize12,000Unengaged and UnreachedBelize Kriol EnglishUnaffiliated
East IndiansPG048719East IndiansArgentina2,700Unengaged and UnreachedHindiHinduism
East IndiansPG046769East IndiansTrinidad and Tobago133,000Engaged yet UnreachedTrinidadian Creole EnglishRoman Catholicism

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