In the heartland of Jammu and Kashmir, quite a number of tribal communities have settled down in large numbers. Naturally they have drawn the admiration of lots of anthropologists of the entire territory. Amongst them they have pointed out that Changpa tribal community deserves to be worth mentioning. The Changpa tribal community is one of the Scheduled tribes in the whole of the Indian subcontinent. What is interesting is to note that these Changpa tribes prefer to adapt to nomadic life. In the Jammu and Kashmir state , the major concentration of this Changpa tribal community are found several places like Changthang plateau in Ladakh ranges.

In order to meet their day-to-day requirements, this Changpa tribal community depends mainly on the animal husbandry. Just like many other tribal communities, this Changpa tribal community too has engaged themselves in cultivation. Main product that these Changpa tribes produce includes barley. There are quite a handful of Chamgpa tribes who also are carrying small trading activities as well. Some of these Changpu tribes also gather salt from the northern shores of the Tsokar Lake in Rupshu region and also sell it in the Ladakh area. According to anthropologists , these Changpu tribes also are seen rearing cattles and flocks of pashmina goats on the hills slopes .

No culture of any of the tribal communities of India cannot be regarded to be ennobled with out treasure of its culture and traditional exuberances. In this regard the status of the Changpu tribes is quite high. It has been rightly been seen in various of its aspects like Housing , dance , music , festivals. etc.

This Changpu tribal community prefers to reside in beautiful tents that are nicely prepared from the hair of yaks and goats. Like many of the tribal communities, this Changpu tribal community too is widely oriented towards religion and several of the spiritual beliefs and customs. However, these Changpu tribes still retained their heritage of observing local religious rites and customs. Also in the Changpu tribal society, there is no dearth of local deities and goddesses. There are many members of this Changpa tribal community who have been converted to other religion like Buddhism. According to some of the anthropologists, there are few Muslims also who celebrate festival of Ramzan and Eid in lots of reverence. Apart from Jammu and Kashmir valley, many of this Changpa tribal community also are found in other places of India.