The Hill-Kharia or Pahari Kharia are an indigenous highland tribal population predominantly found in Similipal forest of Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, having a population of 2874, following the lifestyle of foragers based on the hunting and gathering. Their language Kharia comes under the family of…

These people are confined to the state of Odisha, largely in the districts of Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, and Jajpur. The Juang language is the language of these people, which is a Munda dialect. The Juang regard Gonasika hills in the district of Keonjhar as their original home; they have a kinship system…

Irular is the second tribal community of Tamil Nadu. Most of them inhabit the Nilgiris. It is forest-based life. The twelve clans of Irular people worship nature and have a non-vegetarian diet. Though extremely underdeveloped, they have rich ecological knowledge and cultural traditions in 80…

Irular is the second largest tribal community of Tamil Nadu. Most of them inhabit the Nilgiris. It is forest-based life. The twelve clans of Irular people worship nature and have a non-vegetarian diet. Though extremely underdeveloped, they have rich ecological knowledge and cultural traditions in…

Kattunayakan means 'forest chief.' The Kattunayakan (or Kattu Nayakan) are a scheduled tribe sub-group native to the Western Ghats, and they inhabit approximately 59 villages in Pandalur and Gudalur taluks of the Nilgiris, near Wayanad and Nilambur hills in Kerala. The Kattunayakan live…

The Kota are a Scheduled Tribe and also one of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs),who hail from the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. Based on the 2011 Census, the Kota community is comprised of 2,024 individuals and live only in the group of seven simple settlements—Menad, Kurgoj,…

Apart from the parts of Karnataka and Kerala, Kurumba exist in the Nilgiris, consist of three groups or sub groups: Alu, Betta and Mullu Kurumba. They have very limited social interactions and exchanges. Each of these Kurumba groups have their own families, clans, villages and deities. They were…

The Paniyan are a South Dravidian Paniyan language speaking tribal community of about 7,882 individuals, situated in 174 villages of the Gudalur and Pandalur taluks. By tradition, they are landless labourers, who were primarily employed to work in agriculture. They worship several deities,…

The Todas are one of the six Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in Tamil Nadu, mainly living in the Nilgiris district. They live in The Todas live in areas referred to as 'Munds': Toda Nadu, Kundha Nadu, Peranga Nadu, and Merku Nadu. Todas are categorised into two sub-groups:…

These tribes of Andhra Pradesh, acknowledged as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), reside in the hilly regions of Parvathipuram Manyam. With a mixture of Mongoloid and Dravidian roots, Konda Savara maintain a clear distinction in socio-cultural traditions, language, and rituals. The…