Bant in India


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Main Language
Largest Religion
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Evangelical
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* Data can be from various sources including official census, agencies, and local research. Data from these sources can sometimes differ even by orders of magnitude. Joshua Project attempts to present a conservative, balanced estimate.

Introduction / History

The Bakad are also known as the Nador people. The name Nador is an altered form of the term Nadavar, which means countrymen or natives of the land. Torke Nador and Uppu Nador are the two endogamous groups among the Nador, who have adopted Naik and Nayak as their titles respectively. The Nador have matrilineal clans such as, Ajjana, Ane, Chendi, Ganga, Hole, Hone, Nag, Shitti and Shiva, etc.

The Bant speak the Kannada language and use the Kannada script. They live mainly in the Uttar Kannad district of Karnataka.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Agriculture and horticulture are the traditional occupations of the Bant. Bant women participate in agricultural activities and animal husbandry. Their staple food consists of rice, ragi and pulses.

Bant marriages are between one man and one woman. They have vertically extended families. The Bant have a hereditary headman called Yajamana in their traditional caste council.

The Bant have a flair for wall and floor painting. They also perform folk-plays known as Yakshagana as a hobby.


What Are Their Needs?

The Bant people need to accept the warm embrace of the only savior so they can enjoy spiritually meaningful lives.


Prayer Points

Pray for the authority of Christ to bind hindering spiritual forces to lead the Bant from darkness to light.

Pray for signs and wonders among the Bant and for great breakthroughs with a rapid multiplication of disciples and house churches.

Pray for bold workers who are driven by the love of the Holy Spirit to go to the Bant.

Pray for an unstoppable movement to Christ.


Scripture Prayers for the Bant in India.


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Bant
People Name in Country Bant
Alternate Names Alwa; Ballal; Bhand; Bhandari; Bhillava; Bhillava/Nadavaru; Bunt; Chauta; Hegde; Nadavaru; Nador; Navadaru; Parivara Bunt; Pariwara Bant; Semitha; Shetty; Torke Nador; Tulu Billava; Uppu Nador; बाकड़
Population this Country 1,600
Population all Countries 1,600
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group Yes
Pioneer Workers Needed 1
PeopleID3 16324
ROP3 Code 118368
Country India
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 11  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Districts Interactive map, listing and data download
Specialized Website South Asia Peoples
Country India
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 11  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Total States 1
  Karnataka 1,600
Website South Asia Peoples
Primary Religion: Hinduism
Major Religion Percent *
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.00 %)
0.00 %
Ethnic Religions
0.00 %
Hinduism
100.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
* From latest India census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.
Primary Language Konkani (1,600 speakers)
Language Code knn   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Konkani (1,600 speakers)
Language Code knn   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Konkani
Map Source People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project  
Profile Source Joshua Project 
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