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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

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

100%
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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:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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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 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 any who may be enemies of God will grasp the depth of God's love demonstrated through Christ's death for the ungodly, and be reconciled to Him.

And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
read1 John 4:21

Pray that the good news of God's love will reach everyone in this people group, and that His love will compel them to love others as Christ has loved us.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
readGenesis 50:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will forgive those who do them harm and trust God as they walk in His ways.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

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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