Overview: The 'People's Republic of Bangladesh' is a beautiful country adjacent to the West Bengal and other North Eastern States of India. From 1947 to 1971 it was a part of Pakistan and became an indipendant country followed by a war.

Basic facts:
Total Area: 147,570 Sq km Capital: Dhaka
Population: 13,84, 48.210 (2003) Literacy: 24%,
Languages: Bangla (official), English, Urdu, Tribal dialects.
Currency: Bangladesh Rupee

Demography and People groups: Among the total population 98% are Bengali's. Tribes are 1.1% and the others are insignificant to 0.9%. The ethnic tribal groups are Chakma (3,52,000), Moag (1,85,000), Santhal (1,57,000), Tippera (1,05,000), Garo (1,02,000), Thrpuri (78,000), Maitai (56,000), Moe (45,000), Haadi (42,000), Ussippi (35,000), Bava (31,000), Oraon (24,000) Dalu (11,000), Phalku (2,200) and Chayng (1,400).

In addition, the Urdu speaking groups (600000) Hindi (346000), Burmese (231000) and Biharis (230000) are living in the country.

The official religion of Bangladesh is 'Islam' which constitutes 87% of the total population. greater majority of the muslims falls in to 'Sunni' category. Hindus are 11.7% and rapidly migrating to India due to ethnic reasons. Budhists constitute 0.6%, Athiests (110000), Animists (80,000) Bhahay's (4000), Christians (0.44%)

Christianity in Bangladesh: Christians were enjoying a little religious freedom in earlier days. Similar to other Islamic countries, since the emergence of Islamic fundamentalism and extremism, Christians groups and Churches are attacked more frequently now a days. The Government too is not favorable to any other religions except Islams. Many Churches are distroyed in the recent days. The Christian population is only 0.44% (0.23% protestants and 0.21% Catholics)

PGT in Bangladesh: PGT has a greater vision for Bangladesh and we have been concentrating in the border villages across North Bengal for the past several years. The majority of the border dwellers of North Bengal are mainly the immigrants or refugees from Bangladesh. These people often visits their relatives in Bangladesh and the Christians carrys the Gospel in their trips.

Evg. Samuel Das is leading the activities here to evangelize he border dwellers and through them gospel, Bibles and other literature are transported to Bangladesh.

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