Koch is an ancient tribe originally from the ancient Koch Kingdom. The Koch Tribe is referred to as Koch/Rajbanshi/Rajvanshi. They have a rich cultural heritage and their own language. Habitation and language The homelands of this ancient tribe include West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and various North Eastern parts of India.The Great Kamatapur was parted with Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam, Nepal, Meghalaya, Tripura, Bihar, Bhutan by the British and after the 1947. A huge no. of Koch people now live in North Bengal and West Assam, Meghalaya, Bangladesh, Nepal. A large no. of political and non political organization of this community has been formed in West Bengal and Assam. Most prominent among them are, Kamatapur Peoples Party, Greater Coochbehar Demanding Committee, All Assam Koch Students Union, Koch Sanmilani and these groups are demanding separate Kamatapur State consisting of North Bengal and West Assam. Kamatapur Liberation Organization is an armed militant outfit of Koch community and it is demanding independent Kamatapur State to bring back its past glory. Because of migration this community can be found in various parts of India and in other parts of the world. The Koch language is spoken by 1 crore people according to a 2001 census report for Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Malda, Murshidabad; Assam, Goalpara District, Kokrajhar District, Dhubri District, Bongaigaon District,Dhemaji,North Lakhimpur,jorhat,sibsagar,kamrup; Bihar and Purnia District, in India. The language is also spoken in Bangladesh and Nepal. The Koch language has a complete grammar.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 03:05:48 +0000
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