{"id":28707,"date":"2025-09-17T11:32:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T06:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28707"},"modified":"2025-09-17T12:49:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:19:34","slug":"birhor-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/birhor-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Birhor Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Birhor Tribe Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around 550 residents, mostly belonging to the Birhor tribe, of Fulwariya hamlet in Koderma district would soon receive electricity supply, ending nearly eight decades of darkness.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Birhor Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Birhor are a <\/span><b>forest-dependent semi-nomadic <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tribal community<\/span><b> concentrated in<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the eastern central Indian state of <\/span><b>Jharkhand<\/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;\">Some of them are<\/span><b> also found in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Birhor community is one of eight <\/span><b>Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) identified in Jharkhand.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T<\/span><b>he term &#8220;Birhor&#8221; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is derived from the words \u201cBi\u201d, meaning \u201cJungle\u201d, and \u201chor\u201d, meaning \u201cman\u201d; thus, it <\/span><b>means \u201cthe man living in Jungle\u201d or \u201cpeople of Jungle\u201d.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They belong to the <\/span><b>Porto-Australoid stock.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Religion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The Birhor follow a <\/span><b>mixture of animism and Hinduism.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Birhor Tribe <\/b><b>Language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Birhor tribes have their own language, known as <\/span><b>Birhor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which belongs to the<\/span><b> Munda group of languages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the<\/span><b> Austroasiatic language family.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their language has <\/span><b>similarities with the Santali, Mundari, and Ho languages.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, due to increased contact with other communities and the influence of mainstream languages, <\/span><b>many Birhor people are bilingual<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or trilingual, with <\/span><b>proficiency in Hindi, Bengali, or other regional languages.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Birhor Tribe <\/b><b>Ethnology<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Birhors are of <\/span><b>short stature, with long heads<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, wavy hair, and broad nose.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They<\/span><b> claim they have descended from the Sun <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and believe that the Kharwars, who also trace their descent from the Sun, are their brothers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ethnologically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they are <\/span><b>akin to the Santals, Mundas, and Hos.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Birhor Tribe <\/b><b>Society<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They typically live in <\/span><b>small, close-knit communities,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and their <\/span><b>social organization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is primarily <\/span><b>based on kinship ties.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tribe is divided into <\/span><b>several clans,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>each clan has its own leader <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who plays a crucial role in resolving disputes and maintaining social harmony within the community.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">live in small settlements in the forest or on the outskirts of villages.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>temporary Birhor settlements<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are known as <\/span><b>tandas or bands.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These consist of at least half a <\/span><b>dozen huts of conical shape<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>erected with leaves and branches.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Birhor society is characterized by a <\/span><b>strong sense of community, cooperation, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and mutual support.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Birhor Tribe <\/b><b>Economy<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>\u201cprimitive subsistence economy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d of the Birhors has been <\/span><b>based on nomadic gathering and hunting,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> particularly for monkeys.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>make ropes out of the fibres <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of a particular species of vine, which they <\/span><b>sell in the markets <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the nearby agricultural people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Some of them<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have <\/span><b>settled into stable agriculture.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>According to socio-economic standing,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Birhors are<\/span><b> classified into two groups. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the <\/span><b>wandering Birhors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are called <\/span><b>Uthlus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>settled Birhors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are called <\/span><b>Janghis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">The Birhor tribe has a <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">rich knowledge of traditional medicine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and uses various medicinal plants found in the forest for treating common ailments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/ranchi\/fulwariya-hamlet-in-koderma-gains-electricity-after-80-years-a-new-dawn-for-birhor-tribe\/articleshow\/123929215.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birhor Tribe is a traditionally nomadic tribe living primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand. 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