People group profile · PG048323
The Muslim Khatri of India
The Muslim Khatri of India, numbering about 74,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Muslim branch of the Khatri trading and cloth-dyeing caste that originated in Punjab and Sindh before converting to Islam under medieval Sufi influence, later settling in Gujarat's Kutch region under its first Jadeja ruler, Khengarji.
They are an indigenous people in the Punjabi people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Kachhi.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 74,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Punjabi
- Primary language
- Kachhi (kfr)
- 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
- Gujarat: Rann of Kutch area; Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh states
Where they live
Gospel status
The Muslim Khatri 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 Muslim Khatri
- 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
Kachhi · Indo-European family
100% speak Kachhi
Gospel resources in Kachhi
- Bible available, published 2013
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kachchhi)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Muslim Khatri
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
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