Chiru people explained

Group:	Chiru people Chiru Kuki people
Population:	8,599 approx,^[1] Manipur
Languages:	Chiru language (L1) Meitei language (L2)^[2]
Religions:	Christianity
Related:	Meitei people, Chin-Kuki-Mizo people, Hmars, Naga people

Chiru people is a Zo ethnic group^[3] that mostly resides in Manipur and some in Assam, India. They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe, in accordance with The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 Indian Constitution.^[4] They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.^[5]

Population

According to the 2011 census, the population of the Chiru tribe in Manipur was 8,599.

External links

• Manipur: Population & Development

Notes and References

1. Web site: Census of India 2011. MHA, Govt of India.
2. Web site: Meitei Ethnologue . 2023-05-03 . . en.
3. T.C.Hudson. 1911. The Naga Tribes of Manipur
4. Web site: 1THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES). 2016-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20170920212634/http://lawmin.nic.in/ld/subord/rule9a.htm. 2017-09-20. dead.
5. Web site: Meitei Ethnologue . 2023-05-03 . . en.