Bhumij people

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The Bhumij people are an indigenous ethnic community of eastern India, primarily in Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal, known for their distinct tribal culture and traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bhumij people canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scheduled Tribe ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoPresentIn Assam ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ
alsoSpeak Bengali ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Odia ⓘ
artForm folk songs ⓘ
ritual music ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor worship ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
danceForm traditional Bhumij dance ⓘ
dress traditional tribal attire ⓘ
economicActivity subsistence farming ⓘ
wage labor ⓘ
etymology name derived from word meaning 'of the soil' or 'of the land' ⓘ
festival Karam festival ⓘ
Sarhul ⓘ
linked to: Sarhul festival
followReligion Hinduism ⓘ
governedBy customary law ⓘ
heritage distinct tribal culture and traditions ⓘ
language Bhumij language ⓘ
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages ⓘ
linked to: Austroasiatic
languageSubfamily Munda languages ⓘ
notableStateConcentration Mayurbhanj district of Odisha ⓘ
Purulia district of West Bengal ⓘ
Singhbhum region of Jharkhand ⓘ
primaryRegion Jharkhand ⓘ
Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa

West Bengal ⓘ
recognizedAsOBCIn Assam ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
recognizedAsSTIn Jharkhand ⓘ
Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa

West Bengal ⓘ
region eastern India ⓘ
religiousSyncretism blend of tribal beliefs and Hindu practices ⓘ
scheduledTribeStatus recognized under Indian Constitution in several states ⓘ
selfIdentification Adivasi ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based exogamous system ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
forest gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalInstitution village council ⓘ
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
traditionalSocialUnit clan ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Munda peoples → relatedEthnicGroup → Bhumij people ⓘ
Bhumij language → spokenBy → Bhumij people ⓘ