Tribes
Telangana has large number of native communities,from the Gonds to the Bhils to the Koyas. Why not learn about them?
Chenchu
TThey are a scheduled tribe in Andhra Pradesh,Telangana,Odisha and Karnataka.They are hunter gatherers and speak the chenchu language.
|
|
Kolam
They are an agricultural scheduled tribe of Andhra Pradesh,Chhattisgarh,Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra and Telangana.
|
|
Koya
They live in south India and are also called koi , Koyalu ,koya doralu etc.The koyas call themselves koitur in their dialect.
|
|
Konda Reddis
They lived in Godavari district which is now called Khammam district.They speak Telugu and have 432 people in their tribe.
|
|
Gonds
They are the second largest tribe with 11 million people.They speak the Gond language which is closely related to Telugu.
|
|
Andh
Bhil
They are primarily adivasis and are the largest tribe followed by Gond.
|
|
Thoth
They live in Adilabad,Warangal ,Nizamabad and Karimnagar district.They speak a dialect of Gondi language.