Tripuri people
Tripuri dópha rok | |
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Tripuri woman and man in traditional attire | |
| Total population | |
| 1,300,000+ (2011) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India | 1,011,294 |
| Tripura | 950,875 |
| Mizoram | 32,634 |
| Assam | 22,890 |
| Meghalaya | 2,735 |
| Nagaland | 350 |
| Gujarat | 239 |
| Manipur | 208 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 190 |
| Rajasthan | 169 |
| West Bengal | 120 |
| Maharashtra | 118 |
| Karnataka | 114 |
| Bangladesh | 156,578 (2021) |
| Languages | |
| Kókborok (Tripuri) | |
| Religion | |
| Majority Hinduism (93.6%) Minority Christianity (6.4%) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
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The Tripuri people (Kókborok: Tripuri dópha rok), also known as Tripura, Tipra, Twipra, Tipperah, are a Tibeto-Burman-speaking ethnic group of Indian state of Tripura and Bangladesh. They are the descendants of the inhabitants of the Twipra/Tripura Kingdom in North-East India and Bangladesh. The Tripuri people through the Manikya dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Tripura for over 600 years starting from 1400 A.D. until the kingdom joined the Indian Union on 15 October 1949.