Gond Tribe | 20 Jan 2020

• Gonds are one of the largest tribal groups in the world.
• They are mostly live in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha.
• Gonds are subdivided into four tribes:
  
  • Raj Gonds
  • Madia Gonds
  • Dhurve Gonds
  • Khatulwar Gonds
• Their staple food is two kinds of millet: kodo and kutki.
  
  • Rice is mostly consumed during festival feasts.
• Gonds believe that earth, water and air are ruled by Gods.
• They majorly speak Gondi which is an unwritten language of the Dravidian family.
• It has been notified as a Scheduled Tribe.

Source: TH