Muria Tribe | 30 Apr 2024
Muria Tribe, living in the border areas between Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Chhattisgarh are possessing voter cards of both the States, one is to exercise their franchise and the other is for references and proof of their nativity.
- Their settlement lies within ‘India’s Red Corridor’ on the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border hit by Naxalism, and stands as an oasis within a reserved forest, protected by stringent laws prohibiting settlement and deforestation.
- The Muria settlements are known as habitations of Internally Displaced People (IDPs), whose population is around 6,600 in AP, and the Murias here are referred to as ‘Gutti Koyas’ by the native tribes.
- This Tribe was displaced during the conflict between Maoists and Salwa Judum.
- Salwa Judum is a group of tribal persons mobilised for resistance against outlawed armed naxalites.
- The group was reportedly backed by government machinery in Chhattisgarh.
- The Muria are an indigenous Adivasi, scheduled tribe Dravidian community of the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, India. They are part of the Gondi people.
- They speak Koya, which is a Dravidian language.
- They have progressive perspective towards marriage and life as a whole.