Purvottar Maithili refers to a group of ethnic

Maithils Maithils (Devanagari: मैथिल), also known as Maithili people, are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan cultural and ethno-linguistic group from the Indian subcontinent, who speak the Maithili language as their native language. They inhabit ...

belonging to the

Mithila Mithila may refer to: Places * Mithilā, a synonym for the ancient Videha state ** Mithilā (ancient city), the ancient capital city of Videha * Mithila (region), a cultural region (historical and contemporary), now divided between India and Nepa ...

region but have settled in the North-East region of India and have been there for centuries.{{Cite book , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wcIOc0YaxGEC&dq=maithil+brahmins+assam&pg=PA34 , title=The Peoples of Assam, isbn=9788121200936, last1=Das, first1=Bhuban Mohan, year=1987 Over time they have contributed a lot to the local linguistic and cultural heritage. They speak Maithili but are also fluent in

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

and Bengali. They share very similar cultural ties with the Bengalis.

Background

They migrated to this region since the times of the Ahom Kings for performing various religious duties. Later mass immigration of Maithils was during the time of the British who took them for labours in tea-estates.

References

Culture of Mithila Culture of Assam People from Assam Ethnic groups in Northeast India Ethnic groups in South Asia Ethnic groups in Assam