Hajong people
হাজং | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 79,800 (2011) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India | 71,800 |
| Meghalaya | 41,414 |
| Assam | 27,521 |
| Bangladesh | 7,996 |
| Languages | |
| Hajong | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bodo Kachari groups, other Tibeto-Burman peoples | |
The Hajong people are an ethnic group of Northeast India and northern parts of Bangladesh. The majority of the Hajongs are settled in India and are predominantly rice-farmers. They are said to have brought wet-field cultivation to the Garo Hills, where the Garo people used slash and burn method of agriculture. Hajong have the status of a Scheduled Tribe in India and they are the fourth largest tribal ethnicity in the Indian state of Meghalaya.