About tanchangya

The marriage of tanchangya 

tanchangya tools of song

  • Tanchangya peoples have been living in CHT since its prehistoric age. Todayadays Tanchangya people live in Rangamati, Bandarban, Roisyabili & Sadhikyabili (Chittagong district), Ukhia and Teknaf (Cox's market district) areas of the Bangladesh. Tanchangyas also live in North-east Indian states (Assam, Tripura and Mizoram) and Rakhine State of the Myanmar. Most of Tanchangyas live in reserved forest of CHT but on 10 April 2000 Govt declared a new Forest law named "The Forest (Amendment) Act; 2000 "; According to this act "Cultivation and preparation of cultivation on reserved forest land is illegal." The survival of these areas is difficult for this act.
  • It is difficult to form a consensus on the exact numbers and spelling of Tanchangyas. According to census of 2001 the number of Tanchangya 31,164 in CHT (source: solidarity2002, Bangladesh Adivasi Forum). According to the report of Daily Prothom-alo the number is Tanchangya is 51,773 in CHT (Published on 3 February 2012)

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