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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
India	528,503 (2011)^[1]
Karbi Anglong (Assam)	511,732 (2011 census)
Arunachal Pradesh	1536
Meghalaya	14380
Mizoram	8
Nagaland	584
Bangladesh	N/A
Languages
Karbi language, Amri language
Religion
Animism (46,54%), Hinduism (38,1), Christianity (15,00%), Others (0,36%)^[2]
Related ethnic groups
Other Tibeto-Burman groups (Chin people, Kuki people, Dimasa people, Naga people, Bamar people)

Culture of Assam
Part of a series on the

History Proto-historic Pragjyotisha kingdom Classical Kamarupa kingdom Medieval Dimasa–Kachari kingdom Kamata Kingdom Sutiya kingdom Baro-Bhuyan Ahom kingdom (Singarigharutha) Modern Colonial Assam Assam Province
People Assamese peoples Ahoms Brahmins Chutias Kaibartas Kalitas Muslims Sikhs Sylheti Scheduled tribes Boros Deoris Dimasas Karbis Misings Rabhas Rajbongshis Tea-tribes
Languages Major Asamiya (Kamarupi Prakrit · Goalpariya dialects) Script Minor Boro Hajong Kachari Karbi Kochi Rabha Sylheti Tiwa Extinct Ahom^[3]
Traditions Gamosa Hengdang Jaapi Kirtans, Namghars Lagundeoni Mekhela chador Pujas Riha Satras Silk (Eri, Muga, Pat) Xorai [[[Dhikr\|Zikir]]
Mythology and folklore Birinchi Kumar Barua Chand Sadagar Goalpariya Lokogeet Kamrupi Lokgeet
Cuisine Judima Masor Tenga Narikol'or Laru Pitha Poitabhat Tea Til'or Laru
Festivals Ali Ai Ligang Ambubachi Mela Bihu Durga Puja Me-Dam-Me-Phi Sahitya Sabhas
Religion Major Hinduism^[4]^[5] (Panentheistic: Ekasarana Dharma; Polytheistic: Shaktism) Islam Christianity Others Ahom Animism Bathouism Buddhism Jainism Sikhism
Art Cultural development of Kamarupa Vrindavani vastra
Literature History Beginnings Orunodoi Era Jonaki Era Archives Charyapads Kotha Ramayana The Orunodoi The Jonaki The Hemkosh Kodom Koli Genres Poetry Novels Folk literature Institutions Assam Sahitya Sabha Awards Assam Ratna Assam Sahitya Sabha Award Assam Valley Literary Award Kamal Kumari Foundation Award Krishnakanta Handique Award
Music and performing arts Folk dances Guwahati Theatre Festival Kohinoor Theatre
Media Cinema Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival Filmfare Awards East Gauhati Cine Club Joymoti (first Assamese motion picture) National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese
Monuments Tamreswari Temple
Symbols Coat of arms O Mur Apunar Desh (anthem)
Organisations Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Regional Government Film and Television Institute Sadou Asom Lekhika Samaroh Samiti
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The Karbis or Mikir^[6] 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.

^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India".
^ Census of India – Socio-cultural aspects, Table ST-14 (Compact disc), Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs
^ "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]
^ "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
^ "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
^ Bori, Kamala Kanta (2012). Oral narratives of the Karbis an analytical study (PhD thesis). Gauhati University. hdl:10603/115233.