• PEOPLE CLUSTER: JOGI

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QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 20

Population: 8,012,900

Unreached people groups: 19

UPG population: 8,006,200

Unengaged UPGs: 8

UUPG population: 940,400

Number of countries: 2


Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples

Overview: Jogi is a community that covers a large variety of people belonging to diverse linguistic, ethnic, cultural and regional backgrounds. The word 'jogi' is a generic term meaning a devotee of yoga. There are two distinct classes among the Jogi: a religious order of Hindus, and a lower-caste collection of beggars and fortune tellers comprised of both Hindus and Muslims.

Peoples within this cluster: Bairagi (Chhattisgarhi); Bairagi (Gujarati); Bairagi (Harauti); Bairagi (Hindi); Bairagi (Marathi); Bairagi (Odia); Bairagi, Hindu; Jogi; Jogi (Angika); Jogi (Bagri); Jogi (Bundeli); Jogi (Dogri); Jogi (Halbi); Jogi (Hindi); Jogi (Odia); Jogi (Sirmauri); Jogi (Telugu); Jogi (Tulu); Jogi, Hindu; Masan Jogi

Countries where they are found: Afghanistan; India


People groups: 20

Population: 8,012,900

Unreached people groups: 19

UPG population: 8,006,200

Unengaged UPGs: 8

UUPG population: 940,400

Number of countries: 2