Rongmei people

Rongmei
Rongmei/Kabui women
Total population
170,800 (2011 Census)[citation needed][verification needed]
Regions with significant populations
Northeast India
Languages
Rongmei language
Religion
Christianity, Poupei Chapriak,Tingkao Ragwang Chapriak[page needed][citation needed][verification needed]
Related ethnic groups
Zeme, Liangmai

The Rongmeis (also known as Kabui) are one of the major indigenous communities, a part of the Naga tribes of North-East India. They are recognised as a scheduled tribe (STs) by the Constitution of India.[1]

They share similarity with their kindred tribes of Zeme, Liangmai and Inpui which together are known as Zeliangrong. Some historians and anthropologists have earlier recorded them as Kabui along with Inpui people.

  1. ^ "The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes): Order, 1950". Ministry of Law and Justice (India).