| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 1 million[a] (2011, est.) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 India,  Bangladesh | |
| West Bengal | 376,296[2] |
| Odisha | 283,909[2] |
| Jharkhand | 209,448[2] |
| Bihar | 1,567[3] |
| Assam | 72,003 (1951, est.)[4] |
| Tripura | 755 (1951, est.)[5] |
| Bangladesh | 9,664 (2021)[6] |
| Languages | |
| Mundari • Bhumij • Regional languages | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism • Sarnaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Munda • Kol • Ho • Santal | |
Bhumij (also transliterated as Bhumuj, Bhumija) is a Munda ethnic group of India. They primarily live in the Indian states of West Bengal, Odisha, Assam and Jharkhand, mostly in the old Singhbhum district and also in states like Bihar and Assam. There is also a sizeable population found in Bangladesh. Bhumijas speak the Bhumij language, an Austroasiatic language, and use Ol Onal script for writing.[7]
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- ^ "A-10 Appendix: District wise scheduled caste population (Appendix)". Census commission of India. 2011.
- ^ "Estimated Population by Castes, 5. Assam – Census 1951" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General, India. 1954. p. 12.
- ^ "Estimated Population by Castes, 7. Tripura – Census 1951" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General, India. 1954. p. 11.
- ^ "Table 1.4 Ethnic Population by Group and Sex" (PDF) (in Bengali). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2021. p. 33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Ol Onal".omniglot
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