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According to the 2022 Bangladesh census, Islam is the largest religion in CHT. But, tribes are mainly followers of Buddhism (41.74%). The percentages of Muslims are: Bandarban 52.68%, Khagrachari 46.56% and Rangamati 36.22%. Most of the Christian population is in Bandarban (9.78% of the population).
Ethnic minorities of Bangladesh have their own cultural traditions and, frequently, languages. [5] Vast number of ethnic tribes of Bangladesh are traditionally Buddhists and Hindus by faith while others are largely Christians and small animists.
Indo-Aryans form the predominant ethnolinguistic group in India (North India, East India, West India, and Central India), Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. [11] Dravidians form the predominant ethnolinguistic group in southern India , the northern and eastern regions of Sri Lanka and a small pocket of Pakistan. [ 12 ]
The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is a extensive hilly area in Bangladesh, lie in the southeastern part of the country (210 25' N to 230 45' N latitude and 910 54' E to 920 50' E longitude) bordering the Indian state of Tripura on the north, Rakhine State of Myanmar on the south, Chin state of Myanmar and Indian state Mizoram on the east, Chittagong District and Cox's Bazar District on the west.
Bangladesh's tribal population was enumerated at 897,828 in the 1981 census. [32] These tribes are concentrated in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and around Mymensingh , Sylhet , and Rajshahi . They are of Sino-Tibetan descent and differ markedly in their social customs, religion, language and level of development.
The Tanchangya people, Tonchonga, Tanchangyas or Tonchongyas (/ ˈ t ɒ n tʃ ɒ ŋ ɛ /) are an Chinwin valley origin ethnic group living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh, [3] Indian states of Tripura and Mizoram, and Rakhine state of Myanmar. According to the 2022 census, there are 45,972 Tanchangyas in Bangladesh. [1]
The hill tribes' conflict with Bangladesh caused the exodus of 50,000 Chakmas to India from the Chittagong Hill Tracts. A 1992 deal between India and Bangladesh arranged that Bangladesh would take them back. [37] A March 1997 agreement between Chakma leaders and Bangladesh provided for the repatriation to Bangladesh of Chakma refugees in ...
The Bom, Bawm or Bawmzo (Bengali: বম), are an ethnic community inhabiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census the population of Bawms in Bangladesh is 13,193. [1] In 2004, around 10,000 Bawm inhabited India [citation needed]. 2,500 Bawms reside in Myanmar. [2] They speak the Sino-Tibetan Bawm ...