Tribal Communities:
Tribal communities in Maharashtra account for 73 lakh population
comprising
47 tribes confined in 75 talukas of 15 districts. Out of this population, Thane district has
951000 tribal population.
Jawhar taluka comprise 100% tribal population of
131346.
Anthropological evidences suggest that many of these tribes are of Dravidian
ancestry. Brief description of native
tribal communities in Jawhar is as under.
Qualitative Classification
1. Mahadev
Koli: Account for 2.3% tribal
population.
This is the most
progressive tribe in the region and characterized by lesser addiction, maximum
literacy, maximum % of land ownership
and better financial resources. Construction
of Morpakhi house is sharply district than other tribes’ houses.
2. Konkana:
About 50% individuals hold ownership land, literacy lesser than Mahadeo
Kolis. Community
comprises 25-30% total population in the region. House is mostly Chowpakhi.
3. Warli:
This community is famous due to unique paintings. Literacy % is about 50, 40% of the populatio n members hold land ownership and
account for about 20% total population.
This tribe can be distinguished
from Konkana due to their style of wearing knee length clothes. Their house is either Chowpakhi or Dupakhi.
4. Thakar:
Cover about 50% of total tribal population in Jawhar Literacy % and land ownership % is about 25
and 40 respectively. This tribe has two
sub-tribes viz. K & M due to difference in intra-tribe speech accent. This tribe has more domestic cattle than
their counterparts.
5.Dhorkoli and
Katkari: These primitive tribes account
for about 46%, maximum individuals illiterate and landless of pastoral
origin. These tribes are considered too
backward since they do not have own source of permanent income, living in
hutments, consuming rats, dead cattle etc. in routine diet
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