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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Chak of Bangladesh

The Chak of Bangladesh, numbering approximately 6,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an indigenous community of Bangladesh They are an Indigenous people, with Chak as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the South Asian Buddhist people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism. They primarily speak Chak.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Chak

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Bangladesh
People Cluster: South Asian Buddhist
Primary Language(s): Chak (ckh)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 6,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG001161
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Pray for the Chak of Bangladesh

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

95%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chak
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

48%
%
Chak Speakers

Media Resources in Chak:

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Bible Resources in Chak:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Chak are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Chak:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Chak of Bangladesh

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will recognize Him as the only way to the Father and follow Him in faith.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.
readDeuteronomy 7:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know God's faithful love and keep His commandments, experiencing His steadfast care.

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
readMatthew 7:28-29

Pray that God will remind believers that they have His authority as they share His truth with the lost, and pray He will draw crowds of people to this message and plant it deeply in their hearts.

Chak Across Countries (ROP3 - 101968) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
ChakPG001161ChakBangladesh6,500Engaged yet UnreachedChakAnimism
ChakPG046357ChakMyanmar1,800Unengaged and UnreachedChakTheravada Buddhism

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