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The Sampange Rai of Nepal

The Sampange Rai of Nepal, numbering approximately 14,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Rai linguistic group of Nepal's Khotang District, part of the historic Kirat homeland known as Majh Kirat or Khambuwan that once fell under the suzerainty of the Sen king of Chaudandigadhi before Nepal's unification. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Sampang is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Sampange Rai

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Nepal
People Cluster: South Asian Buddhist
Primary Language(s): Sampang (rav)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 14,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG006288
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

90%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Sampang
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

71%
%
Sampang Speakers

Media Resources in Sampang:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Sampang:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2008 Translation Movement of Nepal✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Sampang bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Sampange Rai are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Sampange Rai:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Sampange Rai of Nepal

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:20

As God's creation declares His glory, pray that multitudes who don't know Him will see the works of His hands and desire to know more about the Creator.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
readMatthew 11:28-29

Please pray for them to lift their eyes to Jesus and find rest for their souls, lasting peace, and hope in Him.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
readPhilippians 3:20-21

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember their citizenship is in heaven.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Sampange Rai Across Countries (ROP3 - 108585) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Sampange RaiPG006288Sampange RaiNepal14,500No Longer UnreachedSampangHinduism

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