Chik Baraik

Chik Baraik or Baraik are a tribal community originally from the Chota Nagpur plateau (Present Jharkhand) and neighbouring states of Chhattisgarh, and Odisha.

Chik Baraik
Total population
1,18,000 (2011 Census)
Regions with significant populations
 India
Jharkhand54,163
Chhattisgarh27,311 (1981 census)
West Bengal21,376
Odisha14,623
Bihar2,135
Languages
Nagpuri, Sadri
Religion
Hinduism, Ethnic religion
Related ethnic groups
Pano, Tanti, Panika

They are also called as Chik, Chikwa, Baraik, Badaik.

Chik Baraik speak Nagpuri, Sadri as their mother tongue and Hindi as link language.

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