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Bijori

A language of India

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Population  25,000 (1998).
Region  Jharkhand, Cowerdaga and Ranchi districts; West Bengal, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts; Madhya Pradesh; Orissa.
Alternate names   Binjhia, Birijia, Birjia, Brijia, Burja
Classification  Austro-Asiatic, Munda, North Munda, Kherwari
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 10% Hindi.
Comments  A Scheduled Tribe. The ethnic group is called ‘Birjia’. Swidden agriculturalists. Hindu, Christian.