Recent genetic studies have found that in the 'tribal' and 'caste' continuum, the Chutia people occupy an ambiguous position in the middle, along with the Ahoms and the Rajbanshis. They constitute one of the core groups that form the Assamese people.
However, after the kingdom was absorbed into the Ahom kingdom in 1523–24, the Chutia population was widely displaced and dispersed in other parts of Upper Assam as well as Central Assam. The Chutia people (Pron: / ˈ s ʊ ð iː j ɑː/ or Sutia) are an ethnic group that are native to Assam and historically associated with the Chutia kingdom.