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Khonds (also spelt Kondha and Kandha) are an indigenous Dravidian tribal community in India. Traditionally hunter-gatherers , they are divided into the hill-dwelling Khonds and plain-dwelling Khonds for census purposes, but the Khonds themselves identify by their specific clans .
Some believe the word to derive from the Dravidian kond, meaning hill, similar to the Khonds of Odisha. [ 28 ] Another theory, according to Vol. 3 of the Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life , is that the name was given to them by the Mughal dynasty of the 16th–18th centuries.
Khonds: South-Central Dravidian 1,627,486 (2011 census) Khonds are found in Odisha. Kannadigas: South Dravidian 43.7 million [37] Kannadigas are native to Karnataka in India but a considerable population is also found in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala. Kodavas: South Dravidian 160,000 (approx.) [citation needed]
In 1842 he joined his old regiment, the 41st, on a posting to China, and was soon after both promoted to lieutenant colonel and awarded a Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB) in December. However, he was asked to return to Madras and from 1847 resumed control of the Khonds, as his successor was proving ineffective.
Tribal castes like Pans and Khonds also served as Paikas. Paikas originated from tribal, peasant and pastoralist communities of Odisha. In Ghumsar region of Odisha all Paiks were Khonds. [5] [6] [7] [2] [8] Some Paiks also belonged to Karan caste. [9] [10] Separate Caste
The Khonds worship Banka-Mundi for protection against the wild animals of the forests, and she is said to remove fear and provide fertility. References This ...
Twelve Dongria Kondh village councils were consulted and all rejected the mining proposals. [4] In January 2014 the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced that it was refusing clearance for the mine. The state government of Odisha has since unsuccessfully sought permission from the Supreme Court to restart the scheme.
Originally there were nineteen Tributary States, but two of them were confiscated and annexed by the British; Angul State in 1847 for the rebellion of its Raja when he opposed the British officers that had been sent to suppress the Meriah sacrifice among the Khonds, and Banki State in 1840, after its ruler had been convicted of murder. [3]