![]() The origin of the name Chutia is not known: the Chutia kingdom was called Tiora in the Ahom language Buranjis, whereas the Assamese language ones used Chutia. Today, most of them reside in this region of Upper Assam. During the colonial period, the Chutia community had the second largest population in Upper Assam (east of Kaliabor). Currently there is a political movement to include the Chutia community in the scheduled tribes list of India. The Chutia community is recognized as an Other Backward Class by the Government of India. They have also assimilated with other groups especially the Ahoms. The Chutia people experienced Sanskritisation when the Chutia kingdom was extant, and later from Ekasarana dharma. The historic Chutias originally belonged to the Bodo–Kachari group with some suspected Shan admixtures and it is estimated that their ruling families were originally either matrilineal or not entirely patrilineal. Recent genetic studies have found that in the "tribal" and "caste" continuum, the Chutia people occupy an ambiguous position in the middle, along with the Ahoms and the Rajbanshis. They constitute one of the core groups that form the Assamese people. However, after the kingdom was absorbed into the Ahom kingdom in 1523–24, the Chutia population was widely displaced and dispersed in other parts of Upper Assam as well as Central Assam. The Chutia people (Pron: / ˈ s ʊ ð iː j ɑː/ or Sutia) are an ethnic group that are native to Assam and historically associated with the Chutia kingdom. ![]()
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