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Madia school girls on the grounds of Lok Biradari Prakalp school. | |
Total population | |
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77,000 (1997–1998) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Gadchiroli District – Maharashtra, Bastar division – Chhattisgarh | |
Languages | |
Madiya | |
Religion | |
Koyapunem with significant influence from Hinduism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Gond people |
Madia Gonds or Madia or Maria are one of the endogamous Gond tribes living in Chandrapur District and Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra State, and Bastar division of Chhattisgarh State India.[1] They have been granted the status of a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups by the Government of India under its affirmative action or reservation programme.[2] The Madia Gonds are strongly affected by Naxal activities.[3] The Madia Gond use the self designation Madia, and call the area where they live Madia Desh.[4] They speak the Madia dialect of Gondi.[5] The shifting agriculture of madia is known as jhoom.
A study mentions living megalithic practices amongst the Madia Gonds.[6] One of the findings of The Bench Mark Survey done in 1997–1998: 91.08 per cent of Madia Gond families lived Below Poverty Line.[7]
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