Pan in Bangladesh


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

Introduction / History

India is the primary home of the Pano or Pan people, though a small number are in Bangladesh. Many Pans live in the Indian states of West Bengal, Jharhand and Andhra Pradesh. The Pano or Pan people are distributed in the Balasore, Cuttack, Puri, Dhankanal and Ganjam districts of Odisha and on the border with West Bengal and Bihar. The Panos are Odia speaking people while some of them also speak Hindi.
They have endogamous occupational sub-groups known as Bunapano and Dhulipano. They use Shamal as their surname.


What Are Their Lives Like?

They are non-vegetarian and rice is their staple food. The majority of Panos live by farming or fishing. They take menial jobs and they have low status. Pan people have faced considerable health problems related to contaminated water, poor diet, respiratory infections and lack of medical care. Several charitable groups have made efforts to help them with these problems. This has helped, but most of them still face these same problems. Most Panos worship Hindu and village deities and participate in ancestral worship.
They are divided into several lineages, which regulate marriage alliances and indicate one's ancestry. They have only one clan, the Nagasa. Their traditional and primary occupation is to serve as serfs to the land holding communities. However, a few of them are engaged in private business, in cultivation, as daily wage laborers and as musicians.


What Are Their Beliefs?

The Pano worship gods and goddesses such as Mahadev and Durga. Their village deities are Lakshmi, Mongla and Jogmaya. Jogmaya is their chief deity. The Panos have presumed kinship with other communities such as the Mahaprasad, Mokar and the Maitra. They act as musicians during the worship and life cycle rituals of other communities.


What Are Their Needs?

Panos Christians in both India and Bangladesh face marginalization for not conforming to the majority religion.


Prayer Points

Pray for God to send several Christian workers to work among them and meet their spiritual and physical needs.
Pray for community development programs and opportunities to hear the gospel.
Pray that many in Pano communities will know Jesus as the only savior.


Scripture Prayers for the Pan in Bangladesh.


References

India Missions Association - Edited by Philipose Vaidyar, Copyrighted © Used with permission


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People Name General Pan
People Name in Country Pan
Alternate Names Oriya Pan; Pan Tanti; Panaba; Panassa; Pano; Panoriya; Panothia; Pantanti; Samasi; Sawasi; Sut Bauri; Tantabai; Tanti; Tantubai; पं
Population this Country 4,400
Population all Countries 1,615,000
Total Countries 2
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group Yes
Pioneer Workers Needed 1
People ID 17840
ROP3 Code 113314
ROP25 Code 306484
ROP25 Name Pan Pano
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
1,500
Sylhet
1,400
Dhaka
1,100
Rajshahi
300
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 1,500
  Sylhet 1,400
  Dhaka 1,100
  Rajshahi 300
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 (2,500 speakers)
Language Code ben   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 3
Secondary Languages
Sylheti
1,000
Odia
900
Primary Language Bengali (2,500 speakers)
Language Code ben   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 3
Secondary Languages
  Sylheti 1,000
  Odia 900
People Groups Speaking Bengali

Primary Language:  Bengali

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Bible-Complete Yes  (1809-2022)
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