Madia Gond

The Madia Gond
	Madia school girls on the grounds of Lok Biradari Prakalp school.
Total population
	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]

^ Chanda District Gaztteer
^ "SHABARI ADIVASI VITTA VA VIKAS MAHAMANDAL". Retrieved 1 April 2015.
^ Malekar, Anosh (June 2006). "Gadchiroli: Inside the Red Line". InfoChange News & Features. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Manohar V. B, Eka Nakshalwadya cha Janma
^ "Maria". Ethnologue. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
^ Anuja, Geetali (2002). "Living Megalithic practices amongst the Madia gonds of Bhamragad, District Gadchiroli, Maharashtra". Purātattva. 32 (1): 244. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)