Karenga in India
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People Group Location: Omid. Other geography / data: GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project
Subgroups: 1
| Subgroup Name | Population ▼ | |
|---|---|---|
| Chhatar | 2,800 |
The Karenga or Karanga live in West Bengal. Their name is related to those who castrate goats and bullocks. They speak, read and write in Bengali. They are not vegetarians and they eat rice as a cereal.
The Karenga have sub groups and clans. They work as carpenters, castrate goats and bullocks and work in agriculture. The women help by selling jewellery.
The Karenga are Hindus. They use modern medicines. Their literacy level is low, so the gospel will need to be given in oral form too.
* Scripture Prayers for the Karenga in India.
* Pray that God gives them dreams and visions leading them to Jesus Christ.
* Pray that gospel recordings lead them to salvation.
* Pray that Indian Christians lead them to Jesus Christ.
Singh, K. S., ed. "India's Communities A-Z", Oxford University Press, USA 1999
| Profile Source: Anonymous |
| People Name General | Karenga |
| People Name in Country | Karenga |
| World Population | 42,000 |
| Total Countries | 2 |
| Indigenous | Yes |
| Progress Scale | 1 ● |
| Unreached | Yes |
| Frontier People Group | No |
| GSEC | 4 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
| Pioneer Workers Needed | 1 |
| Alternate Names | Chhutar; Karanga; Karga; Karonga; Koraga; Koranga; Koronga; Kuranga; Kurunga; Pathria; करेंगा |
| People ID | 17104 |
| ROP3 Code | 112446 |
| 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 | 6 | ||||||
| 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 | 6 |
| West Bengal 36,000 | |
| Odisha 3,400 | |
| Jharkhand 1,700 | |
| Bihar 100 | |
| Andaman and Nicobar 100 | |
| Tripura 80 | |
| Website | South Asia Peoples |
| Primary Language | Bengali (34,000 speakers) | |||
| Language Code | ben Ethnologue Listing | |||
| Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | |||
| Total Languages | 4 | |||
| Secondary Languages |
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| Primary Language | Bengali (34,000 speakers) |
| Language Code | ben Ethnologue Listing |
| Total Languages | 4 |
| Secondary Languages | |
| Odia 3,500 | |
| Hindi 3,400 | |
| Kudmali 500 | |
| 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 |
0.00 %
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| Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
0.19 %
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| Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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| Hinduism |
99.81 %
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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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