Environmental Cultures of Tripuri Tribe

Numerically as per 2001 Census they are 5, 43,843 person in the State and Tripuris numerically highest in number among all the tribal groups. Tripura was under rule of Tripuri Kings till it is merged with Indian Dominion in the year 1949. Ethnically Tripuris belong to Indo-Mongoloid origin and linguistically within the Tibeto-Burman family. They speak in Kok-Borok as like as other 7(seven) tribal groups of Tripura.Tripuri has two synonyms - „PuranTripuri‟ and „DevVarma‟. The dynasty has ancestral relation with the lunar dynasty of the Mahabharata. They are found all over Tripura though the western and northern parts of the Tripura are the main concentrated areas. This is one of the oldest tribes of the land which comprises almost 50 percent of the total population of Tripura (Debbarman, January2006). The social structure of this community is quite simple which largely depends on agriculture for its subsistence. Tripuris are the largest tribal community in Tripura. They have first migrated in this territory and could be introduced as aboriginal tribe of Tripura (Majumder, January, 2013).