Madia Gond

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Madia Gond are an indigenous Adivasi subgroup of the larger Gond community in central India, known for their distinct cultural traditions, language, and close relationship with forested regions.

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Madia Gond canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi community
indigenous people
subgroup of Gond people
closelyRelatedLanguage Gondi language NERFINISHED
culturalRegion Dandakaranya forest belt NERFINISHED
dependsOn forested regions
eligibleFor reservation in education and employment in India
ethnicGroupOf India NERFINISHED
facedIssue deforestation impacts
displacement due to development projects
land alienation
hasAlternativeName Madia Maria NERFINISHED
Maria Gond NERFINISHED
hasArtForm body tattooing traditions
wood and bamboo craft
hasCulturalPractice ancestor worship
ritual music and drumming
traditional dance forms
hasCustom endogamous marriage within community
hasFestival forest and nature worship rituals
harvest-related festivals
hasGovernance traditional village councils
hasLanguage Madia language
hasReligion Hinduism (syncretic practices)
indigenous animist beliefs
hasSocialStructure clan-based organization
hasTraditionalKnowledge forest ecology
medicinal plants
languageFamily Dravidian languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn central India
partOf Gond community
populationStatus numerically small subgroup of Gond
primarilyLocatedIn Andhra Pradesh NERFINISHED
Bastar region NERFINISHED
Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED
Gadchiroli district NERFINISHED
Maharashtra NERFINISHED
Telangana NERFINISHED
protectedUnder Indian Constitution provisions for Scheduled Tribes
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe
recognizedBy Government of India NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Dorla Gond NERFINISHED
Gond people NERFINISHED
Murias NERFINISHED
traditionalOccupation forest-based livelihoods
hunting and gathering
shifting cultivation
usesScript Devanagari (for some written materials)

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Gonds notableSubgroup Madia Gond