Korku tribe

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The Korku tribe is an indigenous Adivasi community of central India, primarily inhabiting forested regions of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and known for its distinct Korku language and traditional agrarian lifestyle.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Korku tribe canonical 3
Korku people 2
Bhilala tribe 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi group ⓘ
Scheduled Tribe ⓘ
indigenous community ⓘ
agriculturalMethod rain-fed farming ⓘ
use of traditional seeds ⓘ
alsoCalled Korkus ⓘ
linked to: Korku
associatedWith Melghat region of Maharashtra ⓘ
linked to: Melghat

Satpura Range ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor worship ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
traditional folk songs ⓘ
culturalRegion Adivasi belt of central India ⓘ
demographicStatus minority group in central India ⓘ
developmentProgramTarget tribal welfare schemes in Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
tribal welfare schemes in Maharashtra ⓘ
economy rain-fed agriculture ⓘ
educationChallenge low literacy rates compared to state average ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf India ⓘ
facesIssue deforestation impacts ⓘ
limited access to healthcare ⓘ
malnutrition in some regions ⓘ
governmentCategory Scheduled Tribe under Indian Constitution ⓘ
healthConcern high child mortality in some areas ⓘ
inhabits forested regions of Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
forested regions of Maharashtra ⓘ
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages ⓘ
linked to: Austroasiatic
languageSpoken Korku language ⓘ
languageSubfamily Munda languages ⓘ
livelihoodDependency forest resources ⓘ
primaryRegion central India ⓘ
primaryState Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Scheduled Tribe in Maharashtra ⓘ
religion Hinduism (syncretic practices) ⓘ
indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based system ⓘ
stapleCrops maize ⓘ
millets ⓘ
paddy ⓘ
traditionalHousing mud and thatch houses ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle agrarian ⓘ
traditionalOccupation forest-based livelihoods ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
usesScript Devanagari script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Chhindwara → hasSignificantCommunity → Korku tribe ⓘ
Jhabua → hasMajorCommunity → Bhilala tribe ⓘ
linked to: Korku tribe
Bushu Dima → ethnicContext → Dimasa tribe ⓘ
linked to: Korku tribe
North Munda languages → hasSubgroup → Korku–Munda group ⓘ
linked to: Korku tribe
North Munda languages → usedByEthnicGroup → Korku people ⓘ
linked to: Korku tribe
Satpura region → inhabitedBy → Korku tribes ⓘ
linked to: Korku tribe
Korku → spokenBy → Korku people ⓘ
linked to: Korku tribe
Melghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) → majorCommunities → Korku tribe ⓘ
subject linked to: Melghat