Wancho Naga

Wancho
Diorama and wax figures of Wancho people in Jawaharlal Nehru Museum, Itanagar.
Total population
56,866 (2011 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 India (Arunachal Pradesh)
Languages
Wancho
Religion
Christianity, Animism, Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Naga, Nocte, Konyak

The Wancho people, also known as the Wancho Naga, are a Tibeto-Burmese indigenous ethnic group inhabiting the Patkai hills of Longding district in the Northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The Wancho language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family under Northern Naga languages.

  1. ^ "A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 20 November 2017.