The
Singpho/
Jingpho/
Kachin/
Jinghpaw are a tribe who are inhabiting in India, China and Myanmar. In India these people are residing in the state of
Arunachal Pradesh in the district of
Lohit and
Changlang and in
Assam inhabits in the district of
Tinsukia and scattered in some other district like
Sivasagar,
Jorhat and
Golaghat, the
Kachin State of
Burma and
Dehong of
Yunnan Province, China . Comprising a population of at least 7,200 in India, they live in the villages, namely
Bordumsa, Miao, Innao, N-hpum, Namgo, Ketetong, Pangna, Phup, N-htem, Mungong, Kumchai, Pangsun, Hasak, Katha, Bisa, Dibong, Duwarmara, Namo and Namsai, etc. The Singpho are the same people as those called the Kachin in Burma and the
Jingpo in
China. They speak the
Singpho dialect of the
Jingpo language.