Boro people
Boro (बर'/बड़ो [bɔɽo]), also called Bodo, is an ethnolinguistic group native to the state of Assam in India. They are a part of the greater Bodo-Kachari family of ethnolinguistic groups and are spread across northeastern India. They are concentrated mainly in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, though Boros inhabit all other districts of Assam and Meghalaya.
Boro | |
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Boro bwisagu dance in traditional attire | |
| Total population | |
| 1.45 million (2011) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Assam, Meghalaya | 1.41 million (2011) |
| Languages | |
| Boro | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism, Bathouism, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Bodo–Kachari people | |
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| Culture of Assam |
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Boros were listed under both "Boro" and "Borokachari" in The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, and are continued to be called so in the Census of India documents. Boros speak the Boro language, a Boro-Garo language of the Tibeto-Burman family, which is recognised as one of twenty-two Scheduled languages of India. Over two-thirds of the people are bilingual, speaking Assamese as second language. The Boro along with other cognate groups of Bodo-Kachari peoples are prehistoric settlers who are believed to have migrated at least 3,000 years ago. Boros are mostly settled farmers, who have traditional irrigation, dong.
The Boro people are recognised as a plains tribe in the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, and have special powers in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an autonomous division; and also as a minority people.