{"id":17944,"date":"2025-09-01T08:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T03:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17944"},"modified":"2025-09-01T13:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T08:11:45","slug":"koya-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/koya-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Koya Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Koya Tribe Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme Court recently issued notice on a plea by Koya tribe members challenging Telangana HC\u2019s order on the ST status of Lambadi, Sugali &amp; Banjara communities, citing the impact on reservation benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Koya Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Koya are one of the few<\/span><b> multi-racial and multi-lingual tribal communitie<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They live in the forests, plains, and valleys on <\/span><b>both sides of the Godavari River,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the states of <\/span><b>Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the 2011 census, the <\/span><b>total population<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of these tribes in India is <\/span><b>7,38,629.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Koyas call themselves as &#8220;<\/span><b>Koithur<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are said to have <\/span><b>migrated to central India from<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> their original home in B<\/span><b>astar, northern India.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Koya Tribe <\/b><b>Language<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koyas speaks the <\/span><b>Koya language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, also known as koya basha, and is a member of the <\/span><b>Dravidian language family<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is closely <\/span><b>related to Gondi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has been <\/span><b>strongly influenced by Telugu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most Koyas<\/span><b> speak either Gondi or Telugu, in addition to Koyi.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Koya Tribe <\/b><b>Occupation<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Traditionally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they were <\/span><b>pastoralists and shifting cultivators,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but nowadays, they have<\/span><b> taken to settled cultivation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> supplemented by <\/span><b>animal husbandry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>seasonal forest collections.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They grow Jowar, Ragi, Bajra, and other millets.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Koya Tribe <\/b><b>Society and Culture<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Koya belong to one of<\/span><b> five sub-divisions called gotrams.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Every Koya is born into a clan, and he cannot leave it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Koyas have a <\/span><b>patrilineal and patrilocal family.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>family <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>called \u201cKutum\u201d. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>nuclear family <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the predominant type.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Monogamy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is prevalent among the Koyas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Koya usually <\/span><b>live in villages located near dependable water sources.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Villages <\/span><b>vary in size<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from three to more than sixty houses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>chief of every Koya village<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is called \u201c<\/span><b>Peda\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Koya practice their own <\/span><b>ethnic religion,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but <\/span><b>also worship a number of Hindu gods<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and goddesses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Many Koya deities are female,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the most important being the \u201cmother earth.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>maintain community funds and grain banks <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the village level to <\/span><b>help the needy families<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and provide food security.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koyas<\/span><b> either bury or cremate the dead.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They <\/span><b>erect menhirs in memory of the dead.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their <\/span><b>main festivals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>Vijji Pandum<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (seeds charming festival) and <\/span><b>KondalaKolupu (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">festival to appease Hill deities). <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">Koyas perform a robust, <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">colourful dance <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">called <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Permakok <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Bison horn dance) during festivals and marriage ceremonies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lawbeat.in\/news-updates\/koya-tribe-sc-issues-notice-in-plea-challenging-st-status-of-lambadi-sugali-banjara-communities-1516393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0LB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koya are one of the few multi-racial and multi-lingual tribal communities in India. 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