Munda people

The Munda is an Adivasi ethnic group of the Chota Nagpur Plateau region speaking the Mundari language, which belongs to the Munda subgroup of the Austroasiatic languages. They are found across much of Jharkhand as well as adjacent parts of Assam, Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and into parts of Bangladesh. This tribal ethnic group is one of the largest tea tribes in India. The Munda people in Tripura are also called Mura. In Madhya Pradesh, the Munda people are also called Mudas.