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Record ID: SCST/2021/0490
Document Type: Hand Book
Title: Baiga
Editor/Author: AB Ota
SC Mohanty
KK Turk
M Nayak
K Pattanaik
Keywords: Baiga
Baigani
Religious Belief
Marriage
Sector: Ethnographic studies
University: Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI), Bhubaneswar, 751003
Completed Date: Jun-2021
Abstract: The Baiga is numerically a very small and little-known tribe of Odisha. As per the census 2011, their population is 338 only in Odisha. They identify themselves as Bhumiraja or Bhumijan meaning "lord of the soil" or "son of nature". They speak Baigani, a dialect of Chhatishgarhi belonging to the lndo-Aryan family of languages. Mostly they inhabit Balasore and Sundergarh districts of Odisha.
Pagination: 32
Tribal Research Institutes: SC/ST Research & Training Institute, Odisha
Record ID: SCST/2021/0490
ISBN No: 9978-93-80705-76-7
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