They are one of the major and earliest section of the plain inhabitants of Assam, who migrated from the present Tibet and Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China to the Brahmaputra valley.
They are one of the major section of the plain inhabitants of Assam and belong to the great Mongoloid Stock. The Sutiyas are one of the earliest indigenous people of Assam, who migrated from the present Tibet and Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China to the Brahmaputra valley.