Bhils

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Adivasi community ethnic group indigenous people

The Bhils are one of central India's largest indigenous Adivasi communities, known for their distinct language, rich folk traditions, and close association with forest and agrarian livelihoods.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Bhil 4
Bhils canonical 4
Bhil people 3

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
artForm Bhili painting ⓘ
surface form: Pithora painting

wall paintings with ritual significance ⓘ
associatedWith forest ecosystems ⓘ
hilly and tribal belt of western and central India ⓘ
culturalPractice festival celebrations tied to agricultural cycles ⓘ
rituals related to forests and nature ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Central India ⓘ
India ⓘ
Western India ⓘ
facedIssue displacement due to development projects ⓘ
land alienation ⓘ
socio-economic marginalization ⓘ
hasCustom endogamy within subgroups ⓘ
exogamy by clan ⓘ
hasPopulationRank one of the largest Adivasi groups in India ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor archery skills ⓘ
role as forest warriors ⓘ
historicallyMentionedIn ancient Indian texts and epics ⓘ
knownFor Bhili folk tales ⓘ
Bhili painting ⓘ
distinct traditional dress ⓘ
folk dances ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
oral epics ⓘ
rich folk traditions ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
politicalStatus beneficiaries of affirmative action policies in India ⓘ
practices ancestor worship ⓘ
village deity worship ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
religion Hinduism (syncretic forms) ⓘ
indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
village councils ⓘ
speaks Bhili ⓘ
Pawri ⓘ
Wagdi ⓘ
various Bhili dialects ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood forest-based livelihoods ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
wage labour ⓘ
traditionalRegion Chhattisgarh ⓘ
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Madhya Pradesh → hasTribalCommunity → Bhils ⓘ
Western India → hasCommunity → Bhils ⓘ
Ghoomar → associatedWithCommunity → Bhils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhil community
Bhili languages → spokenBy → Bhils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhil people
Bhili languages → ethnicGroup → Bhils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhil people
Nimar → hasTribalCommunity → Bhils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhil
Indore State → ethnicGroup → Bhils ⓘ
Khandesh → ethnicGroup → Bhils ⓘ
Alirajpur district → hasMajorCommunity → Bhils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhil
Alirajpur → majorTribalCommunities → Bhils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhil
Jhabua → hasMajorCommunity → Bhils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhil tribe
Indo-Aryan peoples → hasSubgroup → Bhils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhili people
Banswara State → notableCommunity → Bhils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhil people
Panchmahal district → majorTribe → Bhils ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhil