Assamese Brahmins
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| Total population | |
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| 700,000 | |
| Languages | |
• .png){kind=small} Assamese / Asamiya (and its dialect variants Kamrupi and Goalpariya) |
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| Religion | |
 Hinduism (.svg){kind=small} Traditional) |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indo-Aryan peoples, Brahmin, Barooah, Sarma, Gain, Chakrabarty, Goswami, Bordoloi |
Assamese Brahmins, also called Bamuns by the locals, constitute the Indo-Aryan community of the Assam Valley belonging to the Vedic Brahmin caste. Brahmins are found everywhere in Assam and surrounding areas however, most predominantly in Jorhat, Nalbari, Barpeta, Goalpara, Dibrugarh, Nagaon, Sonitpur, Tinsukia and Darrang districts. Brahmins of the valley also have a significant diaspora in the rest of the mainland India, mainly in Delhi, and are considered to be at the apex of eastern India's caste hierarchy. Common surname families include: Acharjee / Acharya, Adhyapok, Barua / Baruah, Bhatta, Gain / Gayen, Goswami / Goswami, Thakur / Borthakur, Sharma / Sarma,Mishra, Bhattacharya,Phukan, Rajkhowa etc.
Each Brahmin family within the community belongs to a specific gotra which is unique to a family thereby indicating their origin or lineage. Many of the Assamese Brahmins write the conferred titles either gifted by the Ahom kings or adopted being in Assam for a long time.
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