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3. Sedentary Cultivation and Animal Husbandry


Badaga, Kota, Koya, Irula in Andhra Pradesh; Baija, Bhatra, Gond, and Parja in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh; Bhil, Barali, Dubla, Koli, Raiwari in Gujarat and Maharashtra; Bhila, Ho, Korwa, Munda, Oraon, Tamaria and Santhali inJharkhand; Bhil, Garasiya and Meena in Rajasthan; Badaga, Irula, Malydi and Praga in Tamil Nadu; Bhoksa, Bhotias, Khasa, Koi, and Tharus in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand; Bhumji, Polia and Santhali in Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal are engaged in sedentary cultivation and animal husbandry.


Polygamous Tribes—Baiga, Gone! (Chhattisgarh, M.P.), Lushai (Mizoram), Mon (Nagaland), Toda (Kerala, Tamil-Nadu).


Polyandrous Tribas—Kota, Khasa, Jaunsari (U.P., Uttarakhand), Ladakhi, Bota (Ladakh), Nayar and Todas (Kerala, Tamil-Nadu).