Demographics
The population of the village are predominantly ethnic Chinese from the Fujian Province of China. There are also Malays, who are mainly of Javanese/Sumatran descent, and Indians, who are a mixture of Tamils, Singhalese, Bengalis, etc. in this small town.
The Chinese are distributed amongst the New Village and various housing developments known collectively as Taman-taman. A large number of the Chinese are still connected to the land as land farmers. Pig farming was devastated by the JE virus.
Around the village are some smaller settlements like Bukit Bangkong, Batu Empat, Batu Dua, Teluk Merbau, and Sepang Kecil.
Bukit Bangkong was a small aboriginal settlement, which now houses a predominantly Javanese Malay population.
Batu Empat and Batu Dua are small Malay settlements on the road to Sepang town from Sungai Pelek.
There are few small Indian settlements built by the local palm oil company, The settlements consisted of dwellings mainly occupied by Tamil speaking Indians, with mix of Malaysia and small number of Chinese.
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