Bodos Important Data

                        BODOS

"Bodos" redirects here. For the Romanian village of Bodoş (Hungarian: Bodos), see

Baraolt. For umbrella group of ethnic tribes, see Bodo-Kachari people .
The Bodos (Hindustani pronunciation: [boːɽoː] ) are an ethnic and linguistic aboriginal group of the
Brahmaputra valley in the northeast part of India. Bodos are the single largest group in the Northeast region of India. They are recognized as a plains tribe in the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Udalguri,
Chirang , Baksa , Sonitpur , Goalpara , Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Darrang,
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar of Assam are considered the centre of the Bodo area. The Bodos living in West Bengal,

Nepal are called Mech . The Bodos use the term Bodosa (which is pronounced as Borosa meaning son of Bodo) to describe themselves.

Bodo PopulationsPopulations

(बर'/Boro)

Total population= 2,000,000 (approx.)

Regions with significant populations

India ( Bodoland) = 1,200,000
India (Assam,out of Bodoland) = 324,500
India (West Bengal) = 124,00
Nepal (Japh district) = 3,301

 Bodo Languese

                   Bodo (बर')

Bodo Languese structure

Subject+object+verb+......

Example:-  english:- I Love You (sub+ verb + object) bodo:-Ang Nwngkou Mwjang Mwnw (sub+obj+ verb+...)

Related Ethnic Group

Bodo-Kachari , Kachari people ,
Hajong people , Garo people

                More about Bodos

Thoug spread in different parts of this region, as well as, in the neighbouring countries, majority of their population is found in Assam. The Boro people form the largest indigenous group in the present demography of the region.

Origin
The Bodo people are the migrants from China who settled in the
Brahmaputra Valley during prehistoric times pushing the already inhibiting
Mon-Khmer speakers up into the hills. The language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family.

Religions Among Bodo

Bathousim,Christian,Bodo Brahma Dhwrm,Others

Religion Percent 

Bathousim = 90.31%
Christianity = 9.40%
Others = 0.29%

Bodos traditionally practise
Bathouism , which is the worshiping of forefathers, known as OBONGLAORI. The shijou plant (Euphorbia genus) is taken as the symbol of Bathou and worshiped. It is also claimed as the supreme god. In Bodo language , Ba means five and thou means deep. As Bodos believe in five mighty elements of God , which are
1.Land (Ha)
2.Water (Dwi)
3.Air (Bar)
4.Fire (Or)
5.Sky/Universe (Okhwrang) 
five has become a significant number in the Bathou religion.
The Shijou tree is encircled with eighteen pairs of designed bamboo sticks and five pairs of ring of bamboo. In front of Shijou within encircled bamboo ring there is a "Dove Heart".
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