Pahariya Tribe

About Pahariya Tribe

• The community name Paharia is “believed to have been derived from the word pahar meaning hills.
• They live mainly in the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. There are also scattered groups of them in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha.
• They practise jhum or shifting cultivation which involves clearing land by burning vegetation for farming for a few years.
• In Jharkhand, there are two types of Pahariyas.
• Religious Practices

Q1: Who is a Tribe?

A tribe is a collection of families bearing a common name, speaking a common dialect, and occupying or professing to occupy a common territory. India is known as a Melting pot of tribes and races.

Source: Seeds of solace