The People of Manipur || Meetei/ Meitei Yek Salai (Clan of Meetei)

                  The People of Manipur

      The population of Manipur Comprises different social groups. They are Meeteis/Meiteis, Nagas, Kukis meitei pangal and Miscellanous groups. The entire population of Manipur distributed into two regions: the hill and the valley population. The valley people supposed to be the descendants of four old tribes called Khuman, Luwang, Moirang and Maithai. The hill people are broadly divided into Naga and Kuki tribes.

    Meetei/ Meitei Yek Salai (Clan of Meetei)

   There are 7 clans of Meetei/Meitei. They are

1.     Mangang                    
2.   Luwang                  

3.  Khuman                      
4.  Angom                   

5.  Moirang                     
6.  Chenglei

  7.  Kha-Nganba

         Tribal Groups

         The hills are inhabited mainly by the tribal. There are 33 government recognized tribes (in Manipur) which is either fall under the Nagas or the kukis, the two different conglomerates of Manipur tribals. All the tribes generally communicate in their own dialects among the same ethnic groups while communication between different group is carried out in Meiteilon or Manipuri Languagem the official language of Manipur.

  

      Name  of 33 Government Recognised Tribal of Manipur

         Aimo, Anal, Angami, Chiru, Chothe, Gangte, Hmar, Kabu, Kacha Naga, Kharam, Koireng, Koirao, Kom, Lamkang, Lusai (any Mizo), Maring, Mao, Monshang, Moyon, Paite, Paomei, Ralte, Sema, Salhte, Thadou, Tangkhul, Maram, Tarao, Vaiphei & Zou.

    Pangal (Manipuri Muslims)

   The Pangals (Meitei Pangal) are an ethnoreligious group. They follow Islam. The word “Pangal” is  believed to have taken from the word “Bengal”. The early Muslims settles are migrated form Bengal during the reign of king Khagemba. 

    Manipuri Brahmins (Meitei Brahmin)

Manipuri Brahmins or Meitei Brahmins, also called Bamons by the locals, are those Brahmins who reside mostly in the valley areas of Manipur. They started migrating from the time of king Kyamba. The Brahmins in Manipur have been totally absorbed in the Meitei Community that they are regarded as Meiteis.