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The Khamba of India

The Khamba of India, numbering approximately 500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of Tibetans indigenous to the Kham region encompassing parts of the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai, and eastern Tibet. They mostly adhere to Mahayana Buddhism and Khamba is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Tibetan
Primary Language(s): Khamba (kbg)
Primary Religion(s): Mahayana Buddhism
Population: 500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG049522

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Mahayana Buddhism
Religious Affiliation: Buddhism

97%
%
Mahayana Buddhism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Khamba
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

74%
%
Khamba Speakers

Media Resources in Khamba:

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Bible Resources in Khamba:

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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

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Pray specifically for the Khamba of India

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.
readIsaiah 55:6

Pray that the lost will seek the Lord while He may be found and call upon Him while He is near, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
readJohn 14:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hope in trials because they know that Jesus will one day take them to be with Him forever.

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
readPsalm 105:2

Pray for God to saturate this place with the gospel and raise up believing men and women from among them to share the good news of Christ with those who have yet to encounter it.

Khampa, Eastern Across Countries (ROP3 - 114136) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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3 people groups

Photo People Group ID ▲ Name Country Population Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Kham Tibetans PG007224 Kham Tibetans China 2,550,000 Engaged yet Unreached Khams Tibetan Tibetan Buddhism
Kham Tibetans PG048805 Kham Tibetans Bhutan 1,300 Unengaged and Unreached Khams Tibetan Tibetan Buddhism
Khamba PG049522 Khamba India 500 Unengaged and Unreached Khamba Mahayana Buddhism

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