There are nineteen major Naga tribes, namely, Aos, Angamis, Changs, Chakesang, Kabuis, Kacharis, Khain-Mangas, Konyaks, Kukis, Lothas (Lothas), Maos, Mikirs, Phoms, Rengmas, Sangtams, Semas, Tankhuls, Yamchumgar and Zeeliang The literacy rate is over 67 per cent and the sex ratio is 909 females to 1,000 males. kms, and according to the census of 2001 it has a population of 19, 88,636 with an average density of 120 persons per sq. Nagaland the habitat of Naga tribes-is situated in the north-eastern part of India. It is most probable that the tribes which are occupying the remote and less accessible areas of Nagaland were the first to enter the Naga Hills from the south. Most of the Nagas believe that their forefathers arrived in Nagaland from the South-East Asia. Whatsoever the origin of the Nagas may be, they have a high degree of amalgamation of blood.Įach Naga tribe has combined elements of Negrito, Austric and Mon-Khmer people. The embroidery on the Naga clothes resembles the kind done on the Indonesian clothes. With the people of Philippines and Taiwan, they have the common system of terraced cultivation. They have had common cultural traditional way of head-hunting. Some of them trekked along the Brahmaputra into the present Arunachal Pradesh and some of them pushed to Myanmar (Burma) and Indonesia.įrom the myths and legends of the Nagas, one gathers that they have some relationship with the natives of Borneo. It is believed that most probably, the Nagas moved south-east from Sinkiang (China). The Naga tribes belong to the Indo-Mongoloid race. The word ‘Naga’ is said to be another form of Naka as the Nagas, both men and women, pierce their ears. Among the Burmese, the word ‘Naka’ means people with pierced ears. Some of the Naga tribes believe that they emigrated from Philippines where there is still a place called Naga.
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