Pan in India


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Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
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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.

Subgroups: 3

Subgroup Name Population
Desa Pano 115,000
Khonda Pano 115,000
Sawasi 6,100

Introduction / History

Odisha, India is the primary home of the Pano or Pan people. Many Pans also live in other parts of India such as West Bengal, Jharhand and Andhra Pradesh. They are distributed in the Balasore, Cuttack, Puri, Dhankanal and Ganjam districts of Odisha and on the border to West Bengal and Bihar. Most speak Odia, the language of Odisha. Others speak Hindi. They have occupational sub-groups known as Bunapano and Dhulipano. Many use Shamal as their surname.


What Are Their Lives Like?

They are non-vegetarian and rice is their staple food. The majority live by farming or fishing. They take menial jobs because they are low class. They are divided into a number of lineages, which regulate marriage alliances and indicate one's ancestry. They have only one clan, the Nagasa. Their traditional and primary occupation is to serve as serfs to the land holding communities. However a few of them are engaged in private business, in cultivation, as daily wage laborers and as musicians.


What Are Their Beliefs?

Most Pan worship Hindu and village deities and participate in ancestral worship. They worship gods and goddesses such as Mahadev and Durga. Their village deities are Lakhmi, Mongla and Jogmaya. Jogmaya is considered to be their chief deity. The Pan have presumed kinship with other communities such as the Mahaprasad, Mokar and the Maitra. They act as musicians during the worship and life cycle rituals of other communities.


What Are Their Needs?

Pan people have faced considerable health problems related to contaminated water, poor diet, respiratory infections and lack of medical care. Several charitable groups have made efforts to help them with these problems. This has helped, but most of them still face these same problems.


Prayer Points

Pray for the salvation of the Pan people and that God may send several Christian workers to work among them and meet their spiritual and physical needs.
Pray for community development programs and opportunities to hear the gospel message through different means.
Pray for open hearts to the gospel message.


Scripture Prayers for the Pan in India.


References

India Missions Association, Edited by Philipose Vaidyar / Global Prayer Digest, Copyrighted © Used with permission.


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People Name General Pan
People Name in Country Pan
Alternate Names Oriya Pan; Pan Tanti; Panaba; Panassa; Pano; Panoriya; Panothia; Pantanti; Samasi; Sawasi; Sut Bauri; Tantabai; Tanti; Tantubai; पं
Population this Country 1,532,000
Population all Countries 1,536,000
Total Countries 2
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 5  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed 31
PeopleID3 17840
ROP3 Code 113314
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 on file 23
Largest States
(only 15 largest shown)
Odisha
1,413,000
West Bengal
32,000
Jharkhand
30,000
Chhattisgarh
23,000
Andhra Pradesh
13,000
Assam
11,000
Bihar
2,700
Karnataka
1,900
Delhi
1,300
Maharashtra
1,000
Arunachal Pradesh
700
Uttar Pradesh
700
Manipur
700
Tripura
500
Telangana
500
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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 23  (only 20 largest shown)
  Odisha 1,413,000
  West Bengal 32,000
  Jharkhand 30,000
  Chhattisgarh 23,000
  Andhra Pradesh 13,000
  Assam 11,000
  Bihar 2,700
  Karnataka 1,900
  Delhi 1,300
  Maharashtra 1,000
  Arunachal Pradesh 700
  Uttar Pradesh 700
  Manipur 700
  Tripura 500
  Telangana 500
Website South Asia Peoples
Primary Religion: Hinduism
Major Religion Percent *
Buddhism
0.25 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.20 %)
0.40 %
Ethnic Religions
0.00 %
Hinduism
99.36 %
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 Odia (1,214,000 speakers)
Language Code ory   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 26
Secondary Languages
(only 15 largest shown)
Bengali
75,000
Hindi
38,000
Telugu
5,500
Assamese
5,000
Chhattisgarhi
4,200
Sadri
3,600
Panchpargania
2,900
Kui (India)
2,000
Kurux
1,300
Mundari: Bhumij
1,000
Bhojpuri
900
Juang
900
Kudmali
900
Tulu
500
Santhali
500
Primary Language Odia (1,214,000 speakers)
Language Code ory   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 26
Secondary Languages (only 15 largest shown)
  Bengali 75,000
  Hindi 38,000
  Telugu 5,500
  Assamese 5,000
  Chhattisgarhi 4,200
  Sadri 3,600
  Panchpargania 2,900
  Kui (India) 2,000
  Kurux 1,300
  Mundari: Bhumij 1,000
  Bhojpuri 900
  Juang 900
  Kudmali 900
  Tulu 500
  Santhali 500
People Groups Speaking Odia

Primary Language:  Odia

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