- They predominantly speak the Mundari language as their native language, which belongs to the Munda subgroup of Austroasiatic languages.
- The Munda are found in the northern areas of east India concentrated in the states of Jharkhand,Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal.
- The Mundas are a people of considerable antiquity, some scholars identifying them with the Mundas mentioned in the epic Mahabharata.
- Mundas live in mixed villages with other tribes.
