Tikhir Tribe:
The Tikhir Tribal Council (TTC) recently submitted a representation to the Nagaland Director General of Police, urging the inclusion of aspirants from Tikhir tribe residing in Noklak district in the now-declared Nagaland Police constable recruitment.
- The Tikhir tribe is one of the indigenous Naga tribes found in the northeastern India.
- According to the 2011 census, the population of the Tikhir people in Nagaland was 7,537.
- Some live across the border in Myanmar.
- They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe, in the official Census of India.
- They speak a language called Naga Yimchungru, which is part of the Tibeto-Burman language family, like most Naga languages.
- At one time, the Tikhir were headhunters and a man’s prestige depended upon the number of enemies he had killed.
- Tikhirs are an agricultural community whose livelihood depends on agricultural cultivation.
- Since the Tikhir are a small tribe in Nagaland, some of the larger tribes harass them.
- With the coming of the Christian missionaries to Nagaland, most Tikhirs converted to Christianity.
- Many of the Tikhir practice elements of folk religion with their Christianity.
- “Tsonglaknyi” , the main Tikhir Festival, is observed from 9th to 12th Oct. every year. It is basically a festival of the sanctification of Shield.
