Poumai people explained

Group:Poumai people
Poumai Naga people
Total:187,180
Total Year:2011 census
Region1:Manipur
Pop1:127,381
Ref1:[1]
Region2:Nagaland
Pop2:6000-10,000
Ref2:[2]
Languages:Poula
Religions:Predominantly Christianity
Related:Mao Naga Chakhesang

The Poumai people, also known as the Poumai Naga, are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group that inhabit the Northeast Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland. The Poumai predominantly live in the Senapati District of Manipur, though there are villages in Nagaland state and one in Ukhrul district. The Poumai mainly live in 100 villages that have been broadly divided into three blocks: Paomata, Lepaona and Chilivai. The Poumai speak their own language, Poula, and are generally Christian.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner,India. www.censusindia.gov.in. 2017-11-18.
  2. Veikho. Sahiinii Lemaina. Poula phonetics and phonology: An Initial overview (Poumai Naga). North East Indian Linguistics (NEIL) 7. en.