{"id":27058,"date":"2026-04-18T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27058"},"modified":"2026-04-18T12:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:39:48","slug":"chenchus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chenchus\/","title":{"rendered":"Chenchu Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Chenchu Tribe Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Chenchu tribals in Amrabad Tiger Reserve opposed relocation from forest areas, citing livelihood concerns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Chenchu Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chenchus primarily reside in the <\/span><b>Nallamalai forests of Andhra Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are one of the <\/span><b>Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (PVTGs) in Andhra Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are also found in <\/span><b>Telangana, Karnataka, and Odisha.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chenchus have been <\/span><b>classified as the Proto Australoid group.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They <\/span><b>speak variants of Telugu,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Dravidian language of the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Society\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Chenchu village is <\/span><b>known as \u201cPenta\u201c.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each <\/span><b>penta consists of a few huts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are spaced apart and are grouped together based on <\/span><b>kinship patterns.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small conjugal families predominate, <\/span><b>women taking equal rank with men<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and marrying only upon maturity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>\u201cPeddamanishi\u201d or the village elder,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is generally the authority to <\/span><b>maintain social harmony<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a family or a village.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Livelihood<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chenchu live life with exemplary simplicity.\u00a0 Most of them <\/span><b>still gather food<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the forest and roam in it to find things to meet their needs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chenchus <\/span><b>collect forest products like roots<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, fruits, tubers, beedi leaf, mohua flower, honey, gum, tamarind, and green leaves and make a meagre income from it by selling these to traders and government cooperatives.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Religion and Belief<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chenchus <\/span><b>worship a number of deities.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Chenchus have also adopted certain religious practices from Hindus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They mainly believe in <\/span><b>Bhagaban Taru<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who resides in the sky and <\/span><b>Garelamai Sama,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who is the Goddess of forest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For ages, the Chenchus have been associated with the <\/span><b>famous Srisailam temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (dedicated to Lord Shiva and Devi Brahmaramba) in <\/span><b>Andhra Pradesh,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> situated at the heart of Chenchu land.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/telanganatoday.com\/chenchu-tribals-oppose-relocation-from-amrabad-tiger-reserve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chenchu Tribe primarily reside in the Nallamalai forests of Andhra Pradesh. 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