the ho people are an austroasiatic speaking ethnic group of india. they are mostly concentrated in the state of jharkhand where they constitute around 10.7% of the total scheduled tribe population as of 2011. with a population of approximately 700,000 in the state in 2001, the ho were the fourth most numerous scheduled tribe in jharkhand after the santals, kurukhs, and mundas. ho also inhabit adjacent areas in the neighboring states of odisha, west bengal and bihar bringing the total to 806,921 as of 2001. they also live in bangladesh and nepal