Thadou people, also called Thadou Kukis, are the Thadou language-speaking Kuki people inhabiting Northeast India, Burma, Bangladesh. "Thadou" is also the name of a particular clan among the Thadou Kukis. Other clans include Haokip, Kipgen, Doungel, Hangshing, Mangvung etc.[2][3][4]

Thadou people
Thadou man and woman in traditional dress
Total population
229,000–313,000 in India[1]
Regions with significant populations
India, Myanmar and BangladeshManipur, Nagaland, Assam, Mizoram, Tripura
Languages
Thadou
Religion
Predominantly Protestantism (Baptist) and Catholicism; very small minority Judaism (Bnei Menashe)
Related ethnic groups
Zo people  · Chin  · Kuki  · Mara  · Bnei Menashe, Ranglong  · Mizo

Distribution

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According to the 2011 census of India, there are 229,340 Thadou language-speakers in the country. The vast majority of them (97.6%) are in the state of Manipur.[5] Within Manipur, they make up the largest single tribe, forming about 19% of all its Scheduled Tribes.[6] There are also significant numbers of Thadou-speakers in Meghalaya and Assam.[5]

In addition, many Thadou language-speakers are also believed to list their language as "Kuki" in the census.[7] The 2011 census lists 83,968 "Kuki" language-speakers, who are mostly distributed in the states of Nagaland, Manipur and Assam.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Census of India, Language (2018), pp. 40, 48.
  2. ^ Shaw, William (1929), Notes on the Thadou Kukis, Government of Assam – via archive.org
  3. ^ Seilen Haokip, What Price, Twenty Years of Peace (2012), p. 95.
  4. ^ Ngamkhohao Haokip, Politics of Tribe Identity (2012).
  5. ^ a b Census of India, Language (2018), p. 48.
  6. ^ Michaud, Jean; Swain, Margaret Byrne; Barkataki-Ruscheweyh, Meenaxi (2016), Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif (2nd ed.), Rowman & Littlefield, p. 244, ISBN 9781442272798
  7. ^ Ngamkhohao Haokip, Politics of Tribe Identity (2012), pp. 67–68.
  8. ^ Census of India, Language (2018), p. 40.

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