Chakma people
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 600,000 (2001) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Bangladesh,India and Myanmar | |
| Languages | |
| Changma or Chakma | |
| Religion | |
| Theravada Buddhism |
The Chakma, also known as the Daingnet people, is an ethnic group concentrated in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. Today, the geographic distribution of Chakmas is spread across Bangladesh and parts of northeastern India, western Burma, and diaspora communities in Yunnan Province, the United States, Canada, the UK, France, South Korea, Japan and Australia.
Within the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the Chakma are the largest ethnic group and make up half of the region's population. The Chakma are divided into 46 clans or Gozas. They have their own language, customs and culture, and profess Theravada Buddhism. The community is headed by the Chakma Raja.
Chakmas are Tibeto-Burman, and are thus closely related to tribes in the foothills of the Himalayas. The Chakmas are believed to be originally from greater Arakan Yoma North presently Chin state ( previously Chakma Buddhist homeland "Chacomas", What was occupied Zo people from Lusai Hills ) who later on immigrated to Bangladesh in around fifteenth century, settling in the Cox's Bazar District, the Korpos Mohol area, and in the Indian states of Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura.
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