Tripuri people
The Tripuri (also known as Tripura Tipra, Tiprasa, Twipra, Tipperah), are a Tibeto-Burman-speaking ethnic group of Northeast Indian state of Tripura. They are the descendants of the inhabitants of the Twipra/Tripura Kingdom in North-East India and Bangladesh. The Tripuri people through the Manikya dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Tripura for ~450 years until the kingdom joined the Indian Union on 15 October 1949.
Tipra People | |
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Tripuri woman in traditional attire | |
| Total population | |
| 1.2 million (2011) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India | 1,011,294 |
| Tripura | 950,875 |
| Mizoram | 32,634 |
| Assam | 22,890 |
| Meghalaya | 2,735 |
| Nagaland | 350 |
| Gujarat | 239 |
| Manipur | 208 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 190 |
| Rajasthan | 169 |
| West Bengal | 120 |
| Maharashtra | 118 |
| Karnataka | 114 |
| Bangladesh | 156,578 (2021) |
| Languages | |
| Kokborok (Tripuri) | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Hinduism and Traditional beliefs Minority: Christianity, and Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
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