Chiru people
Chiru written in Manipuri script (Meitei script) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 8,599 approx, Manipur | |
| Languages | |
| Chiru language (L1) Meitei language (L2) | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Meitei people, Chin-Kuki-Mizo people, Hmars, Naga people |
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The Chiru people are a Naga ethnic group belonging to an ancestral kindred of the Rem Naga family or kinship of five tribes (Aimol, Kharam, Purum, Chiru, Koren) in the context of the Kangleipak Kingdom (Manipur Hills).
They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe, in accordance with the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders Act 1950 of the Indian Constitution.