• PEOPLE NAME: PULAYAN OF INDIA

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples

Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Other Dalit

Language: Malayalam - (mal)

Alternate Name(s): Cheramar, Pulayar, Cheramar, Malaipulayan, Pulayan

Primary Religion: Christianity - Evangelical Protestant

Country: India

Also found in:

Population: 1,500,000

Global Population: 1,500,000


PEID: 41344

ROP: 113392

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Pulayan of India, numbering 1,500,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Other Dalit people cluster within the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in India. Their primary language is Malayalam. The primary religion practiced by the Pulayan is Evangelical Protestantism, a worldwide trans-denominational movement within Protestant Christianity that believes the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace alone, solely through faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ.


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