They are popularly termed as "Kesa-ponthi" as they have been imposed certain restrictions like use of animal meat and alcohols in their rites by the Vaishnavite community. The other group "Poka-ponthi" have retained their tribal customs in their original form. Among the Pokaponthis, the Ahom Chutias formed the major sub-division. They were termed as such as they intermarried with the Ahoms. Most of them have been absorbed into the Ahom fold. They held different position in administration of the Ahom kingdom as seen with Momai Tamuli Borbarua, Langi Panisiya Borphukan, Rupchandra Borborua, Lachit Borphukan, Thumlung Borgohain and many more. Majority of Ahoms of the Chetia clan as well as the Lahon clan originated from the Chutia community. It is believed that the Borahi Chutias were a sub-group of Chutias who had certain religious rites different from other Chutias. The Buranjis mention classes("khel") like the "Naoboicha" and "Hiloidari" as being originally Chutias and included in the Borahi fold. Moreover, the Tai word used for the Borahis was "Kha-lang" meaning "slaves that lived below the Chang(platform)" (the way pigs are reared in rural Assam) indicating that the term "Borahi" was a derogatory term originally used to refer to the subjugated Chutias during the early years of Ahom rule. Although most of them were absorbed into the Ahom group, some of the Chutias living in Dhemaji, Golaghat and Sibsagar districts still identify themselves as Borahi-Chutias. Miri Chutias were the Chutias who lived in the bordering villages of the northern bank of Brahmapurtra and fled to the Miri hills during the Ahom invasions. They intermarried with the Mishing and were subsequently absorbed by the later. They chiefly belonged to the Bihiya, Buruk(Medok) and Bebejia clans.In several villages, Mising families still offer annual homage of ‘Jal-Pinda’ to some Chutiya Mine or Chutiya grandmother which indicates these to be the descedants of Chutias. One of the two groups among the Mising tribe, the Barogram, were referred to as "Chutia-Miri" which indicates that these Mishings were earlier subjects of the Chutia kings.