{"id":30574,"date":"2025-03-05T03:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T22:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30574"},"modified":"2025-04-11T08:33:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:03:36","slug":"gond-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gond-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Gond Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Gond Tribe Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Gujarat High Court recently sought a response from a power distribution company, the Ahmedabad district collector, and a residential society after 95 families of the Rajgond tribe sought HC directions for electricity connections to their households.<\/p>\n<h2>About Gond Tribe<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Gond or Gondi (G\u014dndi) or Koitur are a<strong> Dravidian ethno-linguistic group.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are one of the <strong>largest tribal groups in India.<\/strong> According to the 2001 census, their population was nearly <strong>11 million.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution<\/strong>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>The states of <strong>Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Odisha<\/strong> are home to the largest Gond populations.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Gond tribes also live in the states of <strong>Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh<\/strong>, Bihar, Karnataka, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and <strong>Gujarat<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Gonds are mainly<strong> divided into four<\/strong> tribes, namely <strong>Raj Gonds, Madia Gonds, Dhurve Gonds, and Khatulwar Gonds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>History<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Gonds settled in the Gondwana region in the ninth and thirteenth century AD.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>fourteenth century<\/strong> they <strong>ruled several parts of central India.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They <strong>built a number of forts, palaces, temples,<\/strong> tanks, and lakes during the rule of the <strong>Gonds dynasty.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The<strong> Gondwana kingdom survived till <\/strong>the <strong>late 16th century.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Gond dynasties <strong>ruled in four kingdoms &#8211; Garha-Mandla, Deogarh, Chanda, and Kherla &#8211; in central India.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Gonds have been <strong>warriors since the British period.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>During the British regime in India, Gonds <strong>challenged the Britishers in several battles.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They also <strong>gained control over the Malwa after the decline of the Mughals <\/strong>followed by the Marathas in the year 1690.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language<\/strong>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>The majority of Gond people speak<strong> dialects of Gondi<\/strong>, an unwritten language of the <strong>Dravidian language family.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Some Gond have lost their own language and speak Hindi, Marathi, or Telugu, depending on which is dominant in their area.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economy<\/strong>: The basis of the Gond economy is <strong>agriculture<\/strong>, but they also practice <strong>animal husbandry.\u00a0<\/strong> Some Gond also gather wild plants to eat.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Religion<\/strong>: The religion of the Gond tribes centers on <strong>clan and village gods<\/strong>, together with <strong>ancestor worship.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Customs and Festivals:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Keslapur Jathra and Madai <\/strong>are important festivals of the Gonds.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Apart from this, they also celebrate Hindu festival called <strong>Dusshera<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Gond Tribe FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Where is the Gond tribe located?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The Gond tribe is primarily concentrated in the central regions of India, especially in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Odisha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. How many types of Gonds are there?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Gonds are mainly divided into four tribes, namely Raj Gonds, Madia Gonds, Dhurve Gonds, and Khatulwar Gonds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What are the four Gond kingdoms?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Gond dynasties ruled in four kingdoms &#8211; Garha-Mandla, Deogarh, Chanda, and Kherla &#8211; in central India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/ahmedabad\/electricity-denied-tribe-takes-fight-to-court\/articleshow\/118717156.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gond Tribe is one of India&#8217;s largest tribal groups, known for its rich culture, traditions, and vibrant art, mainly residing in central and eastern regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}