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Manipur’s Zomi people push for BTC-like council

manipurs zomi people push for btc like council Daily Current Affairs Article 26th December 2020: Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s go to Manipur on December 27, the State’s Zomi ethnic group has renewed its demand for a self-administered zone on the strains of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in Assam.

The Zou people or Zomi are an indigenous community living along the frontier of India and Burma. They are a sub-group of the Zo people (Mizo-Kuki-Chin).

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In India, they live with and are similar in language and habits to the Paite and the Simte peoples.

In India, the Zou are officially recognized as one of the thirty-three indigenous peoples within the state of Manipur, and are one of the Scheduled tribes.

According to the 2001 Census, the Zou/Jou population in Manipur is around 20,000, less than 3% of the population. The community is concentrated in Churachandpur and Chandel districts of Manipur.

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