Bangladesh: Over 40 Ethnic Groups Not Individually Recognised For Census

Bangladesh: Over 40 Ethnic Groups Not Individually Recognised For Census Muktasree Chakma Sathi, 2011   The forthcoming census scheduled for mid-March will have no scope for people of more than 40 distinct small ethnic groups to categorise themselves as the people of the groups they belong to. The census questionnaire provides distinct categories for only 27 communities, which the government calls ‘ethnic minority’ groups set out in the Cultural Institution for Small Anthropological Groups...

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