A focused population profile of Asur people, their eastern and central Indian Adivasi background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Asur people are an Adivasi community associated mainly with Jharkhand and nearby parts of eastern and central India. Their history is often discussed within the wider tribal belt of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar, and West Bengal.
Asur is usually classified within the Austroasiatic/Munda sphere, though Sadri, Hindi, and other regional languages may also be used. The community is known in ethnographic literature for traditional iron-smelting associations and local forest-plateau lifeways.
As a genetic reference, Asur is useful for comparison with Gond, Santhal Bangladesh, Santhal India, Bhunjia Chhattisgarh, Mawasi Chhattisgarh, Nihali, Bhumij, Korwa, Birhor, Dhurwa Odisha, Ho, and Paniya.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, Asur is closest to Gond, Santhal Bangladesh, Santhal India, Bhunjia Chhattisgarh, Mawasi Chhattisgarh, Nihali, Bhumij, Korwa, Birhor, Dhurwa Odisha, Ho, and Paniya. The result places Asur among central and eastern Indian Adivasi and Munda/tribal-belt references.
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The ancestry breakdown gives deeper component proportions, while closest matches show modern similarity. Asur ancestry is best interpreted through central-eastern Indian Adivasi population structure, with close links to Gond, Santhal, Bhumij, Korwa, Birhor, Ho, and related tribal-belt references.
The heatmap should emphasize Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, eastern Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Bangladesh Santhal references, and the wider central-eastern Indian tribal belt.
Yes. Santhal Bangladesh and Santhal India are among the closest matches after Gond.
In this G25 comparison, Asur clusters with several central and eastern Indian Adivasi references, including Gond, Santhal, Bhumij, Korwa, Birhor, and Ho.
No. It is a specific Adivasi reference and should not be treated as a general Bengali, Odia, Bihari, or wider eastern Indian profile.
