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မာရမာ | |
|---|---|
 Marma dancers | |
| Total population | |
| 300,000+ | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Chittagong Hill Tracts, India, Myanmar | |
 Bangladesh (Bandarban, Khagrachari, Rangamati, Patuakhali and Barguna Districts) | 224,261[1] |
 Myanmar (Rakhine State) | Unknown |
 India (Tripura) | 35,722[2] |
| Languages | |
| Marma, Chittagonian, Burmese | |
| Religion | |
| Theravada Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Rakhine people, Bamar people | |
one of the 135 officially recognized ethnicities in Myanmar (formerly Burma) | |
The Marma (Burmese: မာရမာ တိုင်းရင်းသား) are the second-largest ethnic community in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, primarily residing in the Bandarban, Khagrachari and Rangamati Hill Districts. They belong to the same community as the Rakhine people.There are three endogamous groups within Magh Community which are known as i) The Thongtha, khyongtha, mrokpatha, ii) The Marma, Mayamma, Roang or Rakhaing Magh, iii) The Maramagri, otherwise called Barua maghs.[3]
- ^ "Table 1.4 Ethnic Population by Group and Sex" (PDF) (in Bengali). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2021. p. 33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Tripura". Census of India 2011. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022.
- ^ Risley, H.H (1891). The Tribes and Castes of Bengal Volume 2. Bengal Secretariat Press. pp. 28–30.