Doai in Bangladesh


Population
Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
Progress Gauge
* From latest Bangladesh census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.

Introduction / History

The Hindu Doai people speak Bengali and live mainly in India's state of West Bengal. Some live further east in Bangladesh. Traditionally they were pig herders, fishermen, or palanquin bearers, meaning that they carried people on sedan chairs.


What Are Their Lives Like?

It is unclear what they do for a living today, but most likely their work brings them low status. Their marriages are arranged by negotiations, and no one is allowed to marry someone in either parent's line going back four generations. They have monogamous marriages, meaning there is one husband and one wife. Doai people get married as adults.


What Are Their Beliefs?

The Doai people in both India and Bangladesh are Hindus.


What Are Their Needs?

The Doai people need to accept the warm embrace of the only savior so they can enjoy spiritually meaningful lives.


Prayer Points

Pray for believers to help develop the economies of Doai communities.
Pray for Christ to be glorified in every Doai village.
Pray for the authority of Christ to bind hindering spiritual forces to lead them from darkness to light.
Pray for signs and wonders among them and for great breakthroughs with a rapid multiplication of disciples and house churches.
Pray for an unstoppable movement to Christ among them.


Scripture Prayers for the Doai in Bangladesh.


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Doai
People Name in Country Doai
Alternate Names Behara; Chalanta; Daoi; Patiadas; डआई
Population this Country 3,000
Population all Countries 14,000
Total Countries 2
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group Yes
Pioneer Workers Needed 1
People ID 16727
ROP3 Code 111968
ROP25 Code 302129
ROP25 Name Doai
Country Bangladesh
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 26  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Total States on file 4
Largest States
Rangpur
1,200
Dhaka
1,000
Khulna
800
Rajshahi
80
Country Bangladesh
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 26  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Total States 4
  Rangpur 1,200
  Dhaka 1,000
  Khulna 800
  Rajshahi 80
Website South Asia Peoples
Primary Religion: Hinduism
Major Religion Percent *
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.00 %)
0.00 %
Ethnic Religions
0.00 %
Hinduism
100.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
* From latest Bangladesh census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.
Primary Language Bengali (3,000 speakers)
Language Code ben   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Bengali (3,000 speakers)
Language Code ben   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Bengali

Primary Language:  Bengali

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Bible-New Testament Yes  (1801-1984)
Bible-Complete Yes  (1809-2022)
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