Tags: Ethnic Group.
Hmar is the name of one of the numerous Mizo/Kuki/Chin tribes of India spread over a large area in the northeast. The Hmars belong to the Chin-Kuki-Mizo group of tribes and are recognised as Scheduled Tribe under the 6th Schedule of the Constitution of India. They are a small community of less than 100000 in Assam although there are more in Manipur Mizoram and Tripura.Literally Hmar means North or Northern people as they are living north to the Lusei people.