The Hajong are a small community which originally mongoloids.it is small tribe. Hajong tribe aren't Boro kachari. They are scheduled as a tribe in two autonomous hill districts Karbi Anglong and North Cachar hills.The Hajongs are mostly Hindus.

A clan is called NIKNI in Hajong. But there is no precise number of clans of the Hajongs. The Hajongs have a patrimonial family structure. Father is the head of the family and he is the final decision maker of the family regarding all aspects. Sons inherit the property after the death of the father.

They follow the exogamy fully. Marriages within the same clan are barred. Marriage outside the community is not accepted. There is no dowry, but ‘Khalti' the bride price should be paid the brides family. The Hajongs are monogamous, Second marriage in presence of the first wife is rare. Divorce in the Hajong community is very rare and child marriage is completely prohibited.

Birth in the family is celebrated by a purification ceremony after one week of the birth in case the baby is a male and for female the period is five days only. Name giving ceremony is also celebrated. Another ceremony is observed when the child attains five year, the traditional headman and the village priest initiates the child to the Hajong society by chanting some mantras in his/her ears. Without this ceremony the child can not enter into wed-lock.

The Hajongs are Hindu, so death ceremony is observed in Hindu way with some distinctions. They believe in immortality of deaths. They bring the dead body near a tulsi plant, washed it with turmeric paste, then the thumbs of both hand is tied together with white thread. Then the body is taken to the cremation ground and burnt it in a funeral pyre. A few charred bones are collected and brought home. The death ceremony ‘Sardha' is celebrated on the 13th day of the death. The rice beer or wine is not served in this function.

Basically the Hajongs are Sakta Hindu; some of them are Vaishnavas also. They worship various god and goddesses some of them are Hindu and some are their traditional belief. The tulsi plant has a great importance in the Hajong Community. Among the pujas, ‘Bash Puja' or worship of bamboo is one of the important religious ceremonies of the Hajongs. Other than that Padma puja, Kartik puja, are also performed.

The Hajong tribes like to live on high grounds they construct their houses in the country yard of the village headman. The houses constructed on earthen plinth and walls are made from bamboo and mixture of cowdung and mud.

Rice is the staple food of the Hojongs. Fish and vegetable are taken with rice, generally they do not take pork. Betel nut with betel leaves are taken by all Hajongs and the male smocks tobacco. Rice beer is brewed at homes and served occasionally.

The Hajong has own language in the mixture form of Assamese and Bengali. It is believed that they had their own dialect which has disappeared. Like Assamese people they celebrate three bihus with different names. The Hajong women wear Putin or Rangaputin. They do not wear blouse, in stead they wear a home weave piece of cloth called Pasra or Agrun. During the festival they use a piece of cloth called Kamarbandha. The men folk wear Ningti and during winter use a scarf and Kampesh. Some traditional ornaments wear by Hajong women are Kata Baju, Baghh, Harsara, Gunjar, Kairu. They also use silver made nose ring called Nalas.

The Hajongs have their own musical instruments; some of them are Dhuluk, Khul, Rasamandali, Dotara etc.

Agriculture is the primary occupation. They produce jute, mustard etc.

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