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Bawm people
Ethnic community in Bangladesh
Ethnic community in Bangladesh
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| group | Bawm |
| native_name | Bawmzo |
| image | PortraitBawmCHT.jpg |
| caption | Bawm woman from the Chittagong Hill Tracts |
| region1 | Bangladesh |
| pop1 | 13,193 |
| ref1 | |
| region2 | India |
| pop2 | 5,000 |
| region3 | Myanmar |
| pop3 | 2,500 |
| ref3 | |
| languages | Bawm, Chittagonian, Bengali |
| religions | Protestant Christianity |
| related | Hmar Chin Kuki Mizo |
The Bom, Bawm or Bawmzo (), are an ethnic community inhabiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census the population of Bawms in Bangladesh is 13,193. In 2004, around 10,000 Bawm inhabited India. 2,500 Bawms reside in Myanmar. They speak the Sino-Tibetan Bawm language.
The Bawm are victims in the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict, especially in the continuation of it. Bawms are targeted by the Arakan Army.
Geographical distribution
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, there are 13,193 Bom in Bangladesh. Among them, 11,854 (89.85%) Boms live in Bandarban District, constituting 2.46% of district's population. They also live in Belaichhari Upazila of Rangamati District and surrounding areas.
| Upazila | Population | url=http://nsds.bbs.gov.bd/storage/files/1/District%20Report%20Bandarban.pdf | title=Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Bandarban | date=June 2024 | publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics | isbn=978-984-475-276-4 | pages=xiv, 202–206 | archive-date=2024-10-08 | access-date=2024-12-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008010433/http://nsds.bbs.gov.bd/storage/files/1/District%20Report%20Bandarban.pdf | url-status=dead }} |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruma Upazila | 6,470 | 19.89% | |||||||||
| Rowangchhari Upazila | 1,882 | 6.79% | |||||||||
| Bandarban Sadar Upazila | 2,748 | 2.47% | |||||||||
| Thanchi Upazila | 685 | 2.30% | |||||||||
| Belaichhari Upazila | 356 | 1.21% | |||||||||
| Others |
References
References
- (2021). "Table 1.4 Ethnic Population by Group and Sex". Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- Kim, Roy & Sangma. 2011. ''The Kuki-Chin Communities of Bangladesh: A sociolinguistic survey''. SIL International.
- According to the prayer list of AKREF, a working group of the German Evangelical Alliance, from May 16th, 2024 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20240516081522/https://akref.ead.de/gebet-fuer-verfolgte archived]).
- (June 2024). "Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Bandarban". [[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]].
- (June 2024). "Population and Housing Census 2022 - District Report: Rangamati". [[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]].
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