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A•chik | |
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 A Garo couple in traditional dress | |
| Total population | |
| 1.1 million (c. 2011) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India • Bangladesh | |
 India | 997,716[1] |
| • Meghalaya | 821,026 |
| • Assam | 136,077 |
| • Tripura | 12,952 |
 Bangladesh | 120,000[2] |
| Languages | |
| Garo (A•chikku) | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity 90%, Songsarek 10%[3] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bodo-Kachari peoples, Konyak | |
The Garo people are a Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group who live mostly in the Northeast Indian state of Meghalaya with a smaller number in the neighbouring Bangladesh.[4][5] Historically, the name Garo was used for a large number of different peoples living on the southern bank of Brahmaputra river, but now refers primarily to those who call themselves A•chik Mande (literally "hill people," from A•chik "bite soil" + mande "people") or simply A•chik or Mande and the name "Garo" is now being used by outsiders as an exonym.[6] They are the second-largest tribe in Meghalaya after the Khasi and comprise about a third of the local population.
- ^ "A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix". censusindia.gov.in. Government of India. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Garo". Ethnologue. SIL International. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Missionary is not a very popular word in India. But in the Khasi hills, it holds a different meaning in their culture". 16 October 2021.
- ^ "5 facts you must know about the Garo Tribe of Meghalaya". thenortheasttoday.com. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2023."The Garos are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group in Meghalaya also known as the A·chik Mande (literally hill people) or simply A·chik or Mande."
- ^ R. Marak, Silba; Sharma, Dwijen (11 September 2023). "Funeral Rites of the Garos: Unveiling Cultural Assimilation Amidst Christian Influence". Journal of Contemporary Rituals and Traditions. 1 (2): 55–66. doi:10.15575/jcrt.354. ISSN 2988-5884.
- ^ Official Homepage of Meghalaya State of India Archived 8 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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