Total population | |
---|---|
79,800[1] (2011) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
India | 71,800 |
Meghalaya | 41,414[2] |
Assam | 27,521[3] |
Bangladesh | 7,996[4] |
Languages | |
Hajong | |
Religion | |
Hinduism, Dyaoism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Bodo-Kachari peoples, other Tibeto-Burman-speaking peoples |
The Hajong people are an ethnic group from Northeast India and northern parts of Bangladesh.[5] The majority of the Hajongs are settled in India and are predominantly rice-farmers. They are said to have brought wet-field cultivation to Garo Hills, where the Garo people used slash and burn method of agriculture.[6] Hajong have the status of a Scheduled Tribe in India[7] and they are the fourth largest tribal ethnicity in the Indian state of Meghalaya.[8]
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