MUNDA TRIBE

MUNDA TRIBE The Munda people are Austro-Asiatic speaking ethnic group of India. They predominantly speak the Mundari language as their native language, which belongs to the Munda subgroup of Austroasiatic languages. They are one of the India's largest Scheduled Tribes. HISTORY Munda is the Tribal community from South-East Asia. There are also evidences that they also were in the Pre-British times. Munda tribe mainly inhabit the region of Jharkhand, they also reside at various corners of the states like West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Bihar. They can also be found in Bangladesh. The Munda word signifies generally as headman of the village. They have gained a lot of admiration between 1857 and 1928 by the anthropologists. Today Munda tribe has a population of around two million. The Munda tribes are highly respected people from the time of pre-independence of India. Birsa Munda is the most respected Munda person who turned into a prophet and was a freedom fighter in...