Demography :
Many ethnic communities live in the North bengal districts of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Coch Bihar. North Bengal may be broadly classified into two areas, the Himalayan Vallys and Terrai Plains.

Himalayan Region - the High land: In the hilly Darjeeling and Kalingpong, there are communities such as Lepchas, Dukpas, Sherpas and various Nepali tribes which belong to the mongoloid origin.

Terrai Plains: The Terrai plains of Darjeeling district and the sorrounding Tea garden areas below the Bhutan Hills, to the east river of Teesta you can find the communities Oraon, different sects of Santal, Munda, Chickbarik and few other primitive Ostrals.

In the plains of Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar, there are 'Mech', the 'Rabha' and 'Kooch' communities. Importantly, the small endangered community of Toto ethnic group live in Jalpaiguri Dt.

Many other scattered ethnic groups live around the area. Another important community, the 'Rajbanshi' s are found mainly in Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri, Siliguri and north and south Dinajpur Districts. The others who constitute the population are the various Bengali groups, the labour class migrated from Bihar and Bangladesh.

Apart from an insignificant minority from these communities, all falls into strong Hindu or Bhuddist faiths.

Social / Political setup :
North Bengal is a part of the Indian state West bengal wihis identified as the narrow corridor of India between Nepal and Bangladesh to reach its North Eastern states. Over 25 years, the state is under the communist rule but not stengently against Christianity. Being a Multi cultural region due to migration, people live normally in harmony but the majority still below the povert line. Major religion is aristocratic Hinduism who follow a variety of rituals, poojas and sacrifices.

Christianity in North Bengal:
When PGT started its mission 30 years back, it was a total unreached area. Now many organizations have started their mission centres and units in the region and in the last decade, Churches are blooming at every corner. Being the most pioneer Church planting mission, PGT has raised a considerable number of Churches and continueing with deed with the same enthusiasm

. We see a great revival in the land and we pray to the Lord of the harvest to send more laborers and resources so that we can reap the maximum for our master in Heaven.

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