According to the 2011 census, the number of Kokborok speakers in Tripura is 8,80,537, which is 23.97% of the state's total population. Kokborok is the mother tongue of nine of the 19 communities living in the state of Tripura. There are nine Kokborok clans: i) Tripura, ii) Debbarma, iii) Jamatia, iv) Noatia, v) Murasingh, vi) Reang, vii) Kalai, viii) Rupini, ix) Uchowi.