People group profile · PG001195
The Oraon of Bangladesh
The Oraon of Bangladesh, numbering about 90,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Dravidian-speaking ethnolinguistic tribe indigenous to the Chhotanagpur Plateau of northeastern India and adjacent areas of Bangladesh and Nepal.
They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Kurukh.
Fast facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Population
- 90,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Kurukh (kru)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Rangpur division: Dinajpur, Panchagarn, Rangpur, Saidpur and Thakurgaon districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Oraon are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Oraon
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
60% adherents
Primary language
Kurukh · Dravidian family
73% speak Kurukh
Gospel resources in Kurukh
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kurux)
Bibles
- Friends Missionary Prayer Band · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Oraon
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Oraon in other countries
The same people (ROP3 107674) is reported in 3 other countries.
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