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People group profile · PG041935

The Tagin of India

The Tagin of India, numbering about 58,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Upper Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh, tracing origin to a mythical ancestor and migration along Subansiri river tributaries. Slash-and-burn cultivation remains primary, with hunting.

They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Tagin.

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AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Tagin

Fast facts

Country
India
Population
58,000
Affinity group
South Asian Peoples
People cluster
South Asian Tribal
Primary language
Tagin (tgj)
Primary religion
Animism
Strategic Progress Index ?
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
2% or Greater but Less than 5%
GSEC ?
2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
Lostness priority ?
Marginally Reached People Group
Region
Southern Asia, Asia
Location
Arunachal Pradesh: upper Subansiri district

Where they live

Gospel status

The Tagin are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.

  • Congregations exist Yes
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Tagin

  • Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
  • Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
  • Send out laborers from this people to the nations

Primary religion

Animism · Ethnoreligion

98% adherents

Primary language

Tagin · Sino-Tibetan family

100% speak Tagin

Gospel resources in Tagin

  • Bible available, published 2018
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Tagin

  1. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  2. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  3. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  4. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.

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