Kom
(Kom Rem)
"Kom" written in Meitei script.jpg
Kom written in Meitei script
Total population
14000
Regions with significant populations
India
(Manipur)
Languages
Kom (L1)
Meitei language (L2)[1]
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Meitei people · Hmar · Chiru · Chin-Kuki-Mizo

The Kom people are one of the indigenous ethnic groups who had settled in Manipur the anthropologist and historian considered them linguistically a kin to chin-kuki-mizo group. They are mainly found in Manipur of North-East India.[2] [3]

According to the 2001 Census of India, the population of Kom is 14,602.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  2. ^ Politics and Culture. Bookwell. 2013. p. 90. ISBN 978-9380574448.
  3. ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  4. ^ 2001 Census of India. "Population of Schedule Tribes of Manipur"