Koya people

E486524
Adivasi community ethnic group indigenous people

The Koya people are an indigenous Adivasi community of central and southern India, primarily inhabiting forested and hilly regions of states like Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha, with distinct cultural traditions and social practices.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Koya people canonical 3
Koya tribe 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice folk songs ⓘ
ritual festivals ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
economy collection of non-timber forest products ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Dravidian peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
facesIssue deforestation impacts ⓘ
displacement due to development projects ⓘ
land alienation ⓘ
governedBy Panchayat Raj institutions (in many villages) ⓘ
inhabits Andhra Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chhattisgarh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Telangana NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Koya language ⓘ
languageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
locatedIn central India ⓘ
southern India NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialCulture bamboo and wood crafts ⓘ
partOf Adivasi populations of central India ⓘ
Adivasi populations of south India ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Scheduled Tribe in Chhattisgarh ⓘ
Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
Scheduled Tribe in Odisha ⓘ
Scheduled Tribe in Telangana ⓘ
region forested areas ⓘ
hilly regions ⓘ
relatedGroup Gondi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
other Dravidian tribal groups ⓘ
religion Hinduism (syncretic practices) NERFINISHED ⓘ
indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
selfIdentification Koya NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based system ⓘ
subjectTo Indian affirmative action policies for Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood forest-based subsistence ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
usesScript Devanagari script (for Koya language, in some areas) ⓘ
Telugu script (for Koya language, in some areas) ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Koya language → spokenBy → Koya people ⓘ
Koya Gondi → spokenBy → Koya people ⓘ
Koya Gondi → ethnicGroup → Koya people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Koya tribe
Koya → ethnicGroup → Koya people ⓘ
Papi Hills (Papikondalu) region on Godavari → hasEthnicGroup → Koya people ⓘ
subject surface form: Papi Hills
this entity surface form: Koya tribe