Response from Central Agencies and Census Data
- Namita Priyadarshee, Director, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India - 29-May-2013
- V. Kishore Chandra Deo, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India - 05th Sep 2015
- Rajesh Kumar, Under Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes - 12th Feb 2016
- Rajeev Prakash, Director(C & LM), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India - 23-Aug-2015
- Asghar Ali, Under Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India - 04th Apr 2019
- Asghar Ali, Under Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India - 29th Jul 2023
- Census of India - 1891, where Kathe(Manipuri) were mentioned as Forest Tribes - NA
- Census of Assam - 1901, where Manipuri were mentioned as Main Tribe of Manipur - NA
- Census of India - 1931, where Manipuri were mentioned as Hindu Tribe of Manipur - NA