The Tea Garden Workers of Assam are the conglomeration of descendants of both tribals and backward caste Hindus who were brought by the British colonial planters as indentured labourers from the predominantly Tribal and backward castes dominated regions of present-day Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Telangana and Chhattisgarh into Assam during 1860-90s in multiple phases for the purpose of being employed in the tea gardens industry as labourers. They are found mainly in the districts of Kokrajhar, Udalguri, Sonitpur, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and almost all the districts of Assam in India. The total population of the community is estimated to be around 5.5-6.0 million or about 20 percent of total population of Assam. Santhali speakers are also found in parts