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Living Spaces of Ethnic Groups and their Relationship with the Ecological Environment

Figure 4 Cows Kept on the Riverbank of the Mishing Village

cause the water floods them and they are difficult to access. As a result,
schools in the Mishing village cannot always provide a satisfactory educa-
tion. Therefore, some Mishing children go to schools in and around Ahom
villages to receive a better education. However, when living with a family
in Ahom villages, Mishing children are required to help in the household
and in agriculture. They remain in Ahom villages for several years until
they complete secondary or post-secondary education.
Such interactions between the Ahoms and the Mishings are not ob-
served in all households. However, the few Ahom and Mishing families
that do interact in this way have developed close relationships with each
other over many years. Such personal networks between different ethnic
groups enable different types of cooperation in the multi-ethnic society
of the Brahmaputra Valley.

Livelihood and Land Use Pattern of Muslim Immigrants
Living Spaces by Ethnic Groups in Nagaon District
Nagaon is one of the districts with a higher proportion of Muslim resi-
dents in Assam, which according to the 2011 census is 1.56 million (about

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