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The Chothe people is one of the Naga ethnic group found in the state of Manipur, India. Some historians and anthropologists have erroneously recorded the Chothe as the Purum of India. They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe, in accordance with The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 Indian Constitution.[1][2] They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[3]

Population

According to the 2011 census, the population of the Chothe tribe in Manipur was 3,585.

References

  1. 1THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES). Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  2. Archived copy. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  3. Meitei | Ethnologue. Ethnologue. Retrieved 2023-05-03.

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