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The Chattagrami of Bangladesh

The Chattagrami of Bangladesh, numbering approximately 14,760,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic people of southeastern Bangladesh whose identity is centered on the historic port city of Chattogram. Their Chittagonian language, maritime heritage, and trading networks shape a culturally distinctive regional Bengali community. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Chittagonian is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Bangladesh
People Cluster: Bengali
Primary Language(s): Chittagonian (ctg)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 14,760,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Dispersed CP Activity
People Group ID: PG048711

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Pray for the Chattagrami of Bangladesh

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chittagonian
Language Family: Indo-European

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Chittagonian Speakers

Media Resources in Chittagonian:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

5 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Chittagonian:

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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Chittagonian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Chattagrami 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 Chattagrami:
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 Chattagrami of Bangladesh

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
readRomans 5:10

Pray that God will remove obstacles to the gospel so that many will see the hope He offers through the death, burial, and resurrection of His Son, and be transformed from being enemies to being His friends.

Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
readPsalm 111:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will praise the Lord with their whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
readLuke 18:29-30

Pray that God will raise up people to go and share the gospel and help them trust His promise that anyone who has left those they treasure for the sake of the kingdom of God will receive many times more in this life and in the life to come.

Chittagonian Across Countries (ROP3 - 115660) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
ChattagramiPG048711ChattagramiBangladesh14,760,000Engaged yet UnreachedChittagonianSunni Islam

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