Konai in India Tweet
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.
* 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 |
| Population in India | 143,000 |
| World Population | 156,000 |
| Total Countries | 2 |
| Indigenous | Yes |
| Unreached | Yes |
| Pioneer Workers Needed | 3 to 4 |
| Progress Scale | 1 ● |
| GSEC | 2 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
| Alternate Names | Chasi Konai, Konarai, कोनाई |
| People ID | 12771 |
| ROP3 Code | 105163 |
| Country | India | ||||||||||||
| Region | South Asia | ||||||||||||
| Continent | Asia | ||||||||||||
| 10/40 Window | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Persecution Rank | 15 (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 | South Asia |
| Continent | Asia |
| 10/40 Window | Yes |
| Persecution Rank | 15 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) |
| Total States | 12 |
| West Bengal (140,000) | |
| Jharkhand (800) | |
| Odisha (600) | |
| Andaman and Nicobar (500) | |
| Delhi (200) | |
| Maharashtra (90) | |
| Bihar (90) | |
| Manipur (70) | |
| Nagaland (60) | |
| Meghalaya (60) | |
| Chhattisgarh (30) | |
| Uttarakhand (20) | |
| Website | South Asia Peoples |
| Primary Language | Bengali (131,000 speakers) | ||||||
| Language Code | ben Ethnologue Listing | ||||||
| Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | ||||||
| Total Languages | 5 | ||||||
| Secondary Languages |
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| People Groups | Speaking Bengali |
| Primary Language | Bengali (131,000 speakers) |
| Language Code | ben Ethnologue Listing |
| Total Languages | 5 |
| Secondary Languages | |
| Hindi (2,000) | |
| 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 (1809-2000) |
| Bible-NT Audio | Online |
| Bible-NT Text | Online |
| Possible Print Bibles |
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| Amazon |
| Forum of Bible Agencies |
| Gospel Go |
| World Bible Finder |
| World Bibles |
| Resource Type ▲ | Resource Name |
|---|---|
| Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) |
| Audio Recordings | Bengali Bible stories |
| 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 Story Video |
| Film / Video | I Am Guilty (Indigitube.tv) |
| 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 Burning Heart (Indigitube.tv) |
| Film / Video | The Prophets Story (Indigitube.tv) |
| General | Bible Visuals |
| General | Four Spiritual Laws |
| Primary Religion: | Hinduism |
| Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
|---|---|
| Buddhism |
0.00 %
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| Christianity (Evangelical 0.00 %) |
0.00 %
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| Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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| Hinduism |
100.00 %
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| Islam |
0.00 %
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| Non-Religious |
Unknown
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| Other / Small |
0.00 %
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| Unknown |
0.00 %
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