Konai in India
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People Group Location: Omid. Other geography / data: GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project
The Konai are also named Chasi Konai. They are a scheduled caste of West Bengal. The word chasi means cultivator. They speak, read and write in Bengali.
The Konai are not vegetarians and they eat rice as a cereal. Hinduism is the religion that they follow.
The Konai are landless. Agricultural laboring is their main work. They have a low literacy level so the gospel will need to be given in oral form too. Family planning is used by them.
* Scripture Prayers for the Konai in India.
* Pray that Indian Christians will lead the Konai to Jesus Christ.
* Pray that gospel recordings will lead them to salvation.
Singh, K. S., ed. "India's Communities A-Z", Oxford University Press, USA 1999
| Profile Source: Anonymous |
| People Name General | Konai |
| People Name in Country | Konai |
| World Population | 140,000 |
| Total Countries | 2 |
| Indigenous | Yes |
| Progress Scale | 1 ● |
| Unreached | Yes |
| Frontier People Group | Yes |
| GSEC | 2 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
| Pioneer Workers Needed | 3 |
| Alternate Names | Chasi Konai; Konarai; कोनाई |
| People ID | 12771 |
| ROP3 Code | 105163 |
| Country | India | ||||||||||||
| Region | Asia, South | ||||||||||||
| Continent | Asia | ||||||||||||
| 10/40 Window | Yes | ||||||||||||
| National Bible Society | Website | ||||||||||||
| Persecution Rank | 10 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) | ||||||||||||
| Total States on file | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Largest States |
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| Specialized Website | South Asia Peoples | ||||||||||||
| Country | India |
| Region | Asia, South |
| Continent | Asia |
| 10/40 Window | Yes |
| National Bible Society | Website |
| Persecution Rank | 10 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) |
| Total States | 12 |
| West Bengal 125,000 | |
| Jharkhand 900 | |
| Odisha 600 | |
| Andaman and Nicobar 500 | |
| Delhi 200 | |
| Maharashtra 90 | |
| Bihar 90 | |
| Nagaland 60 | |
| Meghalaya 60 | |
| Manipur 30 | |
| Chhattisgarh 30 | |
| Uttarakhand 20 | |
| Website | South Asia Peoples |
| Primary Language | Bengali (121,000 speakers) | ||||||
| Language Code | ben Ethnologue Listing | ||||||
| Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | ||||||
| Total Languages | 5 | ||||||
| Secondary Languages |
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| Primary Language | Bengali (121,000 speakers) |
| Language Code | ben Ethnologue Listing |
| Total Languages | 5 |
| Secondary Languages | |
| Hindi 5,700 | |
| Odia 200 | |
| Maithili 70 | |
| Kumaoni 10 | |
| People Groups | Speaking Bengali |
Primary Language: Bengali
| Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
|---|---|
| Bible-Portions | Yes (1800-1980) |
| Bible-New Testament | Yes (1801-1984) |
| Bible-Complete | Yes (1832-2016) |
| Bible-NT Audio | Online |
| Bible-NT Text | Online |
| Possible Print Bibles | |
|---|---|
| Amazon | |
| Forum Bible Agencies | |
| National Bible Societies | |
| World Bible Finder | |
| World Bibles | |
| Resource Type ▲ | Resource Name |
|---|---|
| Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament - Bangla Version (FCBH) |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament - Mussolmani Version (FCBH) |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament- Common Version (FCBH) |
| Audio Recordings | Online Scripture (Talking Bibles) |
| Audio Recordings | Oral Bible stories in Bengali |
| Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | Following Jesus (India, JF Project) |
| Film / Video | God's Love Story |
| Film / Video | God's Story Video |
| Film / Video | Indigitube.tv Video / Animation |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Bengali |
| Film / Video | Magdalena (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime) |
| Film / Video | Rivka (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project) |
| Film / Video | The Prophets' Story |
| Film / Video | The Savior 3 - Woman at the Well |
| Film / Video | The Savior 8 - Jesus is Risen |
| General | Bible Visuals |
| Primary Religion: | Hinduism |
| Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
|---|---|
| Buddhism |
0.01 %
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| Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
0.01 %
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| Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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| Hinduism |
99.97 %
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| Islam |
0.00 %
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| Non-Religious |
0.00 %
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| Other / Small |
0.00 %
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| Unknown |
0.00 %
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* From latest India census data. Current Christian values may substantially differ. |
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