Didayi Tribe Latest News
Champa Raspeda, a student from Odisha’s Malkangiri district, has made history by becoming the first member of the Didayi, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), to clear NEET 2025.
About Didayi Tribe
- The Didayi tribe, also known as the Didai people or Didiya tribe, is an indigenous tribal community residing in the Malkanagiri district of Odisha.
- They are one of 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Odisha.
- They belong to the Proto-Australoid racial stock.
- They speak a language which has been included under the Austroasiatic language family.
- The Didayi’s social structure is patriarchal, and their religious beliefs are rooted in animism, with a deep reverence for the natural world.
- They live in small, remote forest villages, often in the Eastern Ghats hills.
- Villages have a traditional council of elders that settles disputes.
- Houses are typically thatched huts built with mud walls and bamboo.
- The primary occupation of the Didayi tribe traditionally revolves around agriculture, hunting, gathering, and fishing.
Source: IT
Last updated on January, 2026
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