Bhil

Asiaagro-pastoralists
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The Bhil are the third largest (after the Gond and Santal) and most widely distributed tribal group in India. They live in the Vilndhya and Satpura hills region in the western portion of central India straddling the borders of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan states. Their language belongs to the Indo-Aryan family of languages. The traditional subsistence of the Bhil was based on hunting and gathering, and later supplemented by slash-and-burn horticulture. Descent is patrilineal.

Identifier
Region
  • Asia
Subregion
  • South Asia
Subsistence Type
  • agro-pastoralists
Samples
Countries
  • India
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