People of Assam
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The People of Assam inhabit a multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious society. They speak languages that belong to four main language groups: Tibeto-Burman, Indo-Aryan, Tai-Kadai, and Austroasiatic. The large number of ethnic and linguistic groups, the population composition, and the peopling process in the state has led to it being called an "India in miniature".[2]
Total population | |
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31,169,272 (2011)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
India | 31,169,272[1] |
Languages | |
See Languages of Assam | |
Religion | |
• Majority Hinduism • Minorities include Traditional, Panentheistic • Islam • Christianity |
The peopling of Assam was understood in terms of racial types based on physical features, types that were drawn by colonial administrator Risley. These classifications are now considered to have little validity, and they yield inconsistent results; the current understanding is based on ethnolinguistic groups[3] and in consonance with genetic studies.