 Thadou man and woman in traditional dress | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 229,000–313,000 in India[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India, Myanmar and Bangladesh | Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Mizoram, Tripura |
| Languages | |
| Thadou | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Protestantism (Baptist) and Catholicism; very small minority Judaism (Bnei Menashe) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Zo people · Chin · Kuki · Mara · Bnei Menashe, Ranglong · Mizo | |
Thadou people, also called Thadou Kukis, are the Thadou language-speaking Kuki people inhabiting Northeast India, Burma, Bangladesh. "Thadou" is also the name of a particular clan among the Thadou Kukis. Other clans include Haokip, Kipgen, Doungel, Hangshing, Mangvung etc.[2][3][4]
- ^ Census of India, Language (2018), pp. 40, 48.
- ^ Shaw, William (1929), Notes on the Thadou Kukis, Government of Assam – via archive.org
- ^ Seilen Haokip, What Price, Twenty Years of Peace (2012), p. 95.
- ^ Ngamkhohao Haokip, Politics of Tribe Identity (2012).