People group profile · PG041945
The Salvi of India
The Salvi of India, numbering about 94,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a weaving community of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan, their name recalling the loom, renowned for patola silk-weaving brought from Maharashtra a thousand years ago. Weaving remains practiced, alongside business and labor.
They are an indigenous people in the Bihari people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Hinduism, and they primarily speak Mewari.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 94,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Bihari
- Primary language
- Mewari (mtr)
- Primary religion
- Folk Hinduism
- 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
- Rajasthan: Bhilwara, Chittoaurgarh, and Udaipur districts; Gujarat, Haryana, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh states
Where they live
Gospel status
The Salvi 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Salvi
- 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
Folk Hinduism · Hinduism
95% adherents
Primary language
Mewari · Indo-European family
100% speak Mewari
Gospel resources in Mewari
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mewari)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Salvi
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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