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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Madia Gond canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi community ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
subgroup of Gond people ⓘ
closelyRelatedLanguage Gondi language ⓘ
culturalRegion Dandakaranya forest belt ⓘ
linked to: Dandakaranya forest
dependsOn forested regions ⓘ
eligibleFor reservation in education and employment in India ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf India ⓘ
facedIssue deforestation impacts ⓘ
displacement due to development projects ⓘ
land alienation ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Madia Maria ⓘ
Maria Gond ⓘ
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 ⓘ
locatedIn central India ⓘ
partOf Gond community ⓘ
populationStatus numerically small subgroup of Gond ⓘ
primarilyLocatedIn Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Bastar region ⓘ
Chhattisgarh ⓘ
Gadchiroli district ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Telangana ⓘ
protectedUnder Indian Constitution provisions for Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of India ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Dorla Gond ⓘ
linked to: Dorla Gondi

Gond people ⓘ
Murias ⓘ
traditionalOccupation forest-based livelihoods ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
usesScript Devanagari (for some written materials) ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Gonds → notableSubgroup → Madia Gond ⓘ
Madiya tribe → alsoKnownAs → Madia Gond ⓘ