Mech community comes under the broader Boro
group of Eastern India. According to the anthropologists the
Meches and the Coches belong to the same stock. They are now
accepted within the Rajbansi caste and there is free inter marriage
between Rajbansis, Coches and Meches.
Shifting cultivation and hunting was their
original occupation. Now they are adept in spinning, weaving,
fishing etc. They have settled in forest areas in Alipurduar
region.
Mech
Community