# Chittagong
Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh
Chittagong Hill Tracts or CHT is located in
the southeastern part of Bangladesh, bordering with Myanmar and Indian states
of Mizoram and Tripura. CHT is administratively divided into three districts: Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban.
According to the Census conducted in 2011,
the total population of these three districts is 1587,000, out of which is
Chakma is the largest populated tribe.
Complete
article: Chittagong Hill Tracts
# Chakma
Autonomous District Council (CADC), Mizoram
It is an autonomous district council of the
Chakma tribe in the North East Indian state Mizoram, established on 29th
April, 1972 under the 6th Schedule of the Constitution of India. Its
administrative headquarter is located in Kamalanagar,
locally called as Chawngte.
The CADC covers 69 village councils and 17
constituencies. Indian Census of 2011 reports that the total population of CADC
area is 43,528 beside major tribes of Mizo (Lushai), Pawi, Mara and Lai people.
Complete article: Chakma Autonomous District Council, CADC
# Tripura,
North East India
In Tripura, based on their population, Chakma
is one of the major tribes besides other different local tribes belonging to the
Kokborok family and Bengali inhabitants. They don’t have any separate district
or regional council of their own, and therefore they have settled in different
parts of the state.
Some renowned places in Tripura where
Chakma people have settled are Shilachari,
Pecharthal, Kanchanpur, Chowmanu, Manu Ghat, Kailashahar, Nabincherra,
Gandacherra and in different parts of the capital Agartala.
The estimated population of the Chakmas in
Tripura is between 40,000 and 50,000.
# Arunachal
Pradesh, North East India
Chakma people have migrated to Arunachal
Pradesh from Bangladesh in 1964. In this year, during the construction of
the Kaptai Hydroelectric Dam on the river Karnaphuli, a serious communal riot broke
out between the local Muslims and Chakma people. They were bound to migrate to
the far neighbouring places, mostly in Arunachal Pradesh. During that time,
Arunachal Pradesh was called as North East Frontier Agency (NEFA) and the
Central Government of India provided them shelter on humanitarian grounds.
Currently, the approximate population of the
Chakma tribe in Arunachal Pradesh is 70,000, mostly settled in the districts of
Diyun, Lohit and Papum Pare.
# Lumding,
Assam (North East India)
Bounded by poor family backgrounds and illiteracy,
a few numbers of Chakma people have moved to Lumding, located in the Nagaon district of the North East Indian
state Assam. Though Dimasa and
Assamese are the main dominating group of people in Lumding, many Chakma
families have shifted for working in the Jum
(shifting cultivation) in many hilly areas of the region.
They earn their livings with agricultural
activities by working under local owners. The exact number of Chakma population
in Lumding is officially not available yet.
# Rakhine
State, Myanmar (Burma)
In Myanmar, Daingnet are closely related to
the Chakmas of Bangladesh and the North East India. They mostly speak the Chakma
language (though many are multilingual and can also speak Rakhine, Burmese and
Chittagonian which is similar to Bengali).
They mostly inhabit in the north Rakhine
state of Myanmar, and their 2011 census report estimates their population to be
around 80,000 in contrast to 60,000 reported in 1995.
Daingnet people are one of the 135 ethnic
groups officially recognized by the Myanmar government as indigenous to
Myanmar.
Source: Wikipedia
