2017-07-27T21:39:09+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh, Mizo people, Assamese people, Biharis, Garo people, Kuki people, Bengalis, Tripuri people, Sauria Paharia people, Munda people, Santhal people, Bedia (Muslim clan), Khumi people, Khyang people, Zo people, Indians in Bangladesh, Marma people, Jumma people, Nepalis in Bangladesh, Chinese people in Bangladesh, Chak people, Mro people, Pankho people, Tanchangya people, Bangladeshis, Bengali Muslims, Dhanuk flashcards
Ethnic groups in Bangladesh

Ethnic groups in Bangladesh

  • Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh
    The Stranded Pakistanis (Urdu: پھنسے ہوئے پاکستانی‎, Bengali: উদ্বাস্তু পাকিস্তানী) are Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants with homelands in present-day India and Pakistan who settled in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) following the partition of India in 1947.
  • Mizo people
    The Mizo people (Mizo: Mizo hnam) are an ethnic group native to north-eastern India, western Burma (Myanmar) and eastern Bangladesh; this term covers several ethnic peoples who speak various Mizo languages.
  • Assamese people
    The Assamese people are a subgroup of the people of Assam.
  • Biharis
    The Biharis () is a demonym given to an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group who live in the Indian state of Bihar and Jharkhand.
  • Garo people
    The Garos are indigenous people in Meghalaya, India and neighboring areas of Bangladesh like Mymensingh, Netrokona,Jamalpur,Sherpur and Sylhet, who call themselves A·chik Mande (literally "hill people," from a·chik "bite soil"+ mande "people") or simply A·chik or Mande.
  • Kuki people
    The Kukis, are one of the hill tribe.
  • Bengalis
    The Bengalis (বাঙালি Bangali), also spelled as the Bangalees, are a major Indo-Aryan ethnic group.
  • Tripuri people
    The Tripuri (also Tipra or Tipperah) people are the original inhabitants of the Kingdom of Tripura in North-East India and Bangladesh.
  • Sauria Paharia people
    The Sauria Paharia people (also known as Maler Paharia) are a tribal people of West Bengal, Bihar & Jharkhand in India.
  • Munda people
    The Munda are an Adivasi ethnic group originating in the Chota Nagpur Plateau region of north-east India.
  • Santhal people
    The Santhal or Saontal (also spelled as Santal,Sontal or Sonthal, Bengali: সাঁওতাল) are a scheduled tribe of people indigenous to Terai of Nepal and India, who live mainly in Nepal and the Indian States of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam (part of the Tea Tribes).
  • Bedia (Muslim clan)
    The Bedia a community of Bihar, they believe that they originally lived on Mohdipahar and have descended from the union of Vedbansi prince with a Munda girl.
  • Khumi people
    The Khumis (Bengali: খুমী ), are a community inhabiting in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
  • Khyang people
    Khyang is the exonym of the Hyow.
  • Zo people
    The Zo people or Zomi means Hill people, also known as the Mizo, the Kuki, the Chin, the Zomi and a number of other names, are a large group of related Tibeto-Burman Hill people spread throughout the northeastern states of India, northwestern Myanmar (Burma), and the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
  • Indians in Bangladesh
    There are hundreds of thousands of Indians in Bangladesh, most of whom are illegal migrants and refugees.
  • Marma people
    Marma (Burmese: မရမာလူမျိုး) is the second largest ethnic community in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).
  • Jumma people
    The Jumma people is a collective term for the indigenous peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of present-day Bangladesh.
  • Nepalis in Bangladesh
    There is a small community of Nepalis in Bangladesh who are mostly descendants of Nepalese migrants who fled their homeland in the 1950s as well as recent expatriates from Nepal.
  • Chinese people in Bangladesh
    There are several thousand Chinese citizens and nationals who live in Bangladesh.
  • Chak people
    The Chaks (Bengali: চাক), are a community inhabiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and also in Burma.
  • Mro people
    Also known as, Mru, Murung, Mrung, the Mro refer to the tribes who on the border with Burma (Myanmar), India, and Bangladesh.
  • Pankho people
    The Pankhos (Bengali: পাংখো), are a community inhabiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and also in India with a population of only 3,227 in Bangladesh according to the 1991 census.
  • Tanchangya people
    The Tanchangya people are one of 13 indigenous ethnic communities living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh.
  • Bangladeshis
    Bangladeshis (Bengali: বাংলাদেশী [baŋlad̪eʃi]) are a nation and the citizens of Bangladesh.
  • Bengali Muslims
    Bengali Muslims are an ethnic, linguistic, and religious population who make up the majority of Bangladesh's citizens and the largest minority in the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam.
  • Dhanuk
    The Dhanuk are an ethnic group found in Bangladesh, India and Nepal.