Guite people

Guite or Vuite is a clan of Kuki-Chin people in Northeast India and Myanmar. It is associated with Thadou-Kuki, Paite and Zou people. Guite was a ruling clan. Paite people, who generally adopted the identity of their ruling clan, were known as Guite people while under Guite chiefs. This practice has now ceased.

Guite chiefs used to control large villages around Tedim (in Chin State of Myanmar). They shared the space with Suktes who were more dominant. After the rise of the Sukte chief Kam Hau, Guites had to move out. Some went north to settle near the border of Manipur and across into Manipur. Others settled in the northeast corner Mizoram. A chieftancy established at Mualpi had prominent quarrels with the state of Manpur, then a protectorate of British India.