page_title: Tiwa (Lalung)
section_title: Population
hierarchical_section_title: Tiwa (Lalung) / Population
context_page_description: Tiwa (Lalung) [Assamese: তিৱা, Hindi: तिवा] an indigenous community inhabiting the states of Assam and Meghalaya and also found in some parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland in Northeast India. They are recognized as a Scheduled tribe within the State of Assam. They were known as Lalungs in the Assamese Buranjis, Colonial literature and in the Constitution of India, though members of the group prefer to call themselves Tiwa. Some of their neighbors still call them Lalung.
  A striking peculiarity of the Tiwa is their division into two sub-groups, Hill Tiwa and Plains Tiwas, displaying contrasting cultural features.
context_section_description: Tiwa population in India is 371,000 approx. (2011 census). But according to the 2001 Census reports 161,000 approx. "Tiwas/Lalungs"; this figure comprises only the Plains Tiwas. As they became a Scheduled Tribe after the 2001 Census, the Hill Tiwas were not taken into account. Their population may be estimated at around 10,000 approx. The total number of Tiwa speakers amounts only to 34, 800 approx. (2011 Census).
caption: A Hill Tiwa house
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