People group profile · PG006394
The Rajkoti of Pakistan
The Rajkoti of Pakistan, numbering about 24,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Gawri-speaking people of Pakistan's Rajkot area, believed descended from the ancient Gauraioi recorded by Greek historians during Alexander's 327 BC invasion, pushed into the mountains after the 11th-century fall of the Hindu Shahis.
They are an indigenous people in the Kashmiri people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Gawri.
Fast facts
- Country
- Pakistan
- Population
- 24,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Kashmiri
- Primary language
- Gawri (gwc)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Khyber Pakhtunkwa province: Swat district, Biar, Lamuti, Rajkot, and Thal villages in Dir Kohistan; upper Swat Kohistan, between Peshmal and Kalam north to Kalam area upper valleys
Where they live
Gospel status
The Rajkoti are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, 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.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Rajkoti
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
100% adherents
Primary language
Gawri · Indo-European family
64% speak Gawri
Gospel resources in Gawri
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Gawri)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Rajkoti
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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