Karbi people

Karbi
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A Karbi elder in traditional attire, wearing a Poho (white turban), a choi-hongthor (woven jacket), a lek paikom (gold-plated necklace) and another poho on his right shoulder
Total population
N/A
Regions with significant populations
 India528,503 (2011)[1]
           Karbi Anglong (Assam)511,732 (2011 census)
           Arunachal Pradesh1536
           Meghalaya14380
           Mizoram8
          Nagaland584
 BangladeshN/A
Languages
Karbi language, Amri language
Religion
Animism, Hinduism , Christianity, Others name="census2001">Census of India – Socio-cultural aspects, Table ST-14 (Compact disc), Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs</ref>
Related ethnic groups
Other Tibeto-Burman groups
(Chin people, Kuki people, Dimasa people, Naga people, Bamar people)

The Karbis or Mikir[5] are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group in Northeast India. They are mostly concentrated in the hill districts of Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong of Assam.

  1. ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India".
  2. ^ "639 Identifier Documentation: aho – ISO 639-3". SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics). SIL International. Retrieved 29 June 2019. Ahom [aho]
  3. ^ "Population by Religious Communities". Census India – 2001. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 1 July 2019. Census Data Finder/C Series/Population by Religious Communities
  4. ^ "Population by religion community – 2011". Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. 2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01 MDDS.XLS
  5. ^ Bori, Kamala Kanta (2012). Oral narratives of the Karbis an analytical study (PhD thesis). Gauhati University. hdl:10603/115233.