Meitei people in Assam: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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| total_source = <ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Assam |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1800.XLSX |website=census.gov.in |access-date=29 September 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020113828/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1800.XLSX |url-status=live }}</ref>

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The [[Meitei people]] ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯀꯥꯡꯂꯨꯞ}}|}}), also called [[Manipuri people]] ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯀꯥꯡꯂꯨꯞ}}|}}), is one of the [[Demographics of Assam|minority ethnic groups in Assam]]. They are referred to as '''''Mekhlee''''', '''''Mekhelee''''', '''''Meckley''''', '''''Monipuri''''', '''''Monipuriya''''', '''''Magalu''''', '''''Mogolu''''', '''''Moglie''''', '''''Moglai''''', among many other names dedicated to them by the other [[people of Assam]].<ref>Historical and Cultural Relations Between Manipur, Assam, and Bengal. India: Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, 1986.</ref>

Meiteis call [[Assam]] as "Tekhao" or "Tekhau" or "Tekhaw" ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯇꯦꯈꯥꯎ}}|}}).<ref>Manipur, Past and Present: The Heritage and Ordeals of a Civilization. India: Mittal Publications, 1988. p. 20-22, 115</ref> In October 2020 their population was estimated 168,127 with its population, the Meitei tribe is a fairly large ethnic minority in Assam and Meitei culture can be found in everywhere places.<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Assam |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1800.XLSX |website=census.gov.in |access-date=29 September 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020113828/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1800.XLSX |url-status=live }}</ref>

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