{"id":30574,"date":"2026-04-26T13:34:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T08:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30574"},"modified":"2026-04-26T17:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:17:35","slug":"gond-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gond-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Gond Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Gond Tribe Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Gond tribe travelled from Bastar, Chhattisgarh to the heart of Delhi with one message: protect the earth, stop the destruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Gond Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gond or Gondi (G\u014dndi) or Koitur are a <\/span><b>Dravidian ethno-linguistic group.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The states of <\/span><b>Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and Odisha are home to the largest Gond populations.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gond tribes also live in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Gujarat.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gonds are <\/span><b>mainly divided into four tribes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, namely Raj Gonds, Madia Gonds, Dhurve Gonds, and Khatulwar Gonds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Language<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The majority of Gond <\/span><b>people speak dialects of Gondi,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an unwritten language of the Dravidian language family.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some Gonds have lost their own language and speak Hindi, Marathi, or Telugu, depending on which is dominant in their area.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Economy:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The basis of the Gond economy is agriculture, but they also practice animal husbandry.\u00a0 Some Gonds also gather wild plants to eat.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Belief and Traditions<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Religion:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The religion of the Gond tribes centers on clan and village gods, together with ancestor worship.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Customs and Festivals: Keslapur Jathra and Madai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are important festivals of the Gonds.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/environment\/from-bastar-to-delhi-gond-adivasis-mark-earth-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gond Tribe is one of India\u2019s largest tribal groups, spread across multiple states and classified into four major tribes. 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