Karbi

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The Karbi, mentioned as the Mikir in the Constitution Order of the Government of India, constitute an important ethnic group in the hill areas of Assam. They do not call themselves Mikir rather Karbi, and sometimes Arleng, which literally means a man. Presently they inhabit the Karbi Anglong district and some Karbi inhabited pockets are found in the North Cachar Hills, Kamrup, Morigaon, Nagaon and Sonitpur districts of Assam. Karbi communities are also found in the balijan circle of Papumpare district in Arunachal Pradesh, Jaintia, and East Khasi Hills districts of Meghalaya as well as the foothills around Dimapur District in Nagaland.

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• Ethnologue profile, old profile [1]
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• Indian Catholic, Christian leaders gather warring ethnic groups for peace