People group profile · PG041742
The Han Chinese of India
The Han Chinese of India, numbering about 127,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Han Chinese ethnolinguistic group whose native languages belong to the Mandarin branch of Chinese, rooted in northern China and forming the largest linguistic community within the broader Han population.
They are a diaspora people in the Chinese people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Chinese Folk Religion, and they primarily speak Mandarin Chinese.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 127,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Chinese
- Primary language
- Mandarin Chinese (cmn)
- Primary religion
- Chinese Folk Religion
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Andhra Pradesh: Chittoor and Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore districts, east Puducherry enclaves; Karnataka: Chamarajana district; Kerala: south; assorted border areas; Tamil Nadu state
Where they live
Gospel status
The Han Chinese are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Han Chinese
- 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
Primary religion
Chinese Folk Religion · Ethnoreligion
94% adherents
Primary language
Mandarin Chinese · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Mandarin Chinese
Gospel resources in Mandarin Chinese
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Chinese, Yunnan (Kunming))
- JESUS (Chinese, Qinghai)
- JESUS (Mandarin, China)
- JESUS (Mandarin (Taiwan))
- JESUS (Hui)
- JESUS (Chinese, Guiliu)
- JESUS (Chinese, Sichuan)
- Magdalena (Mandarin, China)
- Magdalena (Mandarin (Taiwan))
- The Savior (Mandarin, China)
Bibles
- Revised Chinese Union Bible Shen Edition · video, audio
- Tianjing (Huizuban Shengjing) · video, audio, text
- Union Version · audio, text
- Union Version · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Han Chinese
- 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.
- 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.
Han Chinese, Mandarin in other countries
The same people (ROP3 103686) is reported in 87 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | China | 901,450,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Thailand | 5,790,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | Taiwan | 4,640,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | United States | 2,345,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | Vietnam | 1,630,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | Canada | 1,060,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | Malaysia | 1,030,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Japan | 733,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Australia | 670,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Myanmar | 652,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Cambodia | 523,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | Singapore | 468,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | South Africa | 374,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Brazil | 280,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | United Arab Emirates | 254,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | New Zealand | 215,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | North Korea | 185,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | France | 172,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Spain | 170,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | Hong Kong | 163,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Saudi Arabia | 113,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Tanzania | 107,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Italy | 100,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | South Korea | 95,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Tajikistan | 90,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Madagascar | 79,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Egypt | 66,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Russian Federation | 62,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Pakistan | 60,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Algeria | 56,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Argentina | 53,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Germany | 51,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Turkiye | 44,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Cuba | 40,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Zambia | 39,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Papua New Guinea | 31,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Netherlands | 30,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Greece | 28,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | Venezuela | 26,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Mexico | 26,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Portugal | 26,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Nepal | 23,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | Belgium | 21,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Mozambique | 21,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | Peru | 17,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | Mauritius | 15,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Hungary | 15,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Nicaragua | 15,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Paraguay | 15,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Northern Mariana Islands | 14,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Austria | 14,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Chile | 13,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Denmark | 13,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Belize | 13,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Costa Rica | 12,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Colombia | 11,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Switzerland | 11,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Czech Republic | 10,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | Ecuador | 10,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Kenya | 8,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Bolivia | 7,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Kazakhstan | 6,600 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Fiji | 6,300 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Lesotho | 5,600 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Solomon Islands | 5,200 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Bangladesh | 3,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Angola | 3,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Guam | 3,100 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Botswana | 3,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Sri Lanka | 2,200 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Romania | 2,200 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Christmas Island | 1,700 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese (Mandarin) | Zimbabwe | 1,600 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Uzbekistan | 1,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Nauru | 1,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Kyrgyzstan | 800 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Vanuatu | 700 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Micronesia | 600 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Seychelles | 550 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Martinique | 550 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Bahamas | 325 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | New Caledonia | 300 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Saint Lucia | 175 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Barbados | 150 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Dominica | 150 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Kiribati | 125 | No Longer Unreached |
| Han Chinese | Tuvalu | 50 | No Longer Unreached |
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