Tribal Map

Warli Tribe

Pray for the Varli People. These tribal people have their own language similar to Marathi. There were one of the original 345 Unreached Unengaged People but were marked engaged because of existing work among them.

Prayer Requests:

1. Ask God to provide for key connections with our missionaries and national partners with Varali.

2. For key leaders to be trained to reach their fellow tribes

3. For Varali Tribals to become followers of Christ.

Kokna Tribe

Katkari Tribe

KATKARI / KATHODI (ST) Also known as Kathodi or Kathodia, they are concentrated in the Raigad and Thane districts of Maharashtra, and are mainly settled along the foothills of the Sahayadri range. According to Enthoven (1920), the name Katkari is derived from the Marathi term kat or kath meaning juice of the khair (acacia catechu) tree. They were supposed to have made katin the past; but at present none of them has any knowledge about it. The Katkari also inhabit Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The Katkari are grouped with the Kathodi along with other subgroups in the list of the scheduled tribes in Maharashtra. According to the 1981 census, the population of the Katkari and Kathodi including all other subgroups notified together is 174,602. They speak Marathi among themselves.

Halba Tribe

 

Mavchi Tribe

The Mavchi are a tribal community living in Dhule district of Maharashtra. Nowadays they call themselves Gavith. In the earlier days all the tribal population of the region used to call them the Adivasi Hindu Bhils which is still used while writing in anygovernment document as a general name. Gavith means a leader (MukhiycH. No details are available about their origin and history, but it is believed that they were warriors in Rana Pratap’s army and due to the wars they have migrated and settled in their present habitation. They had a separate dialect of their own called the Mavchi language which differs from the Billori langauage the common language of the region where various dialects are spoken by the different tribal groups. Their dress pattern resembles that of the Banjaras. Women wear a half sari from the waist and another half they drapeon both the shoulders from over the head.

 

 

Tribal population inMaharashtra(2001 census)

Sr. No	Name of the District	Total Tribal Population
1	Thane	11,99,290
2	Nashik	11,94,271
3	Yavatmal	4,73,370
4	Wardha	1,54,415
5	Nagpur	4,44,441
6	Chandrapur	3,75,256
7	Buldhana	1,15,156
8	Bhandara and Gondiya	2,94,173
9	Gadchiroli	3,71,696
10	Dhule and Nandurbar	13,03,138
	Total	59,25,296

List of tribes in Maharashtra

Sr. No.	District	Names of the Tribes
1	Thane	Katkari, Kokna, Koli Mahadeo, Koli Malhar, Warli, Thakar, Dubla
2	Nashik	Bhil, Kokna, Koli Mahadeo, Thakar, Warli, Katkari
3	Yavatmal	Andh, Gond, Kolam, Pardhan, Halba, Pardhi
4	Wardha	Gond, Pardhan
5	Nagpur	Gond, Halba
6	Chandrapur	Gond, Halba, Kolam, Kawar
7	Buldhana	Andh, Dhanwar, Pardhi, Koli Mahadeo
8	Bhandara and Gondiya	Gond, Halba
9	Gadchiroli	Gond, Halba, Pardhan, Kolam

Tribe-wise population of tribes in Maharashtra (Census 1981*)
Gond, Rajgond, Arakh	1,162,735
Bhil	993,074
Koli Mahadeo, Dongar koli	787,448
Varli	361,271
Kokna, Kokni, Kukna	352,932
Thakur, Thakar	323,191
Halba, Halbi	242,819
Andh	231,871
Koli Malhar	177,367
Kathodi, Katkari	174,602
Kolam, Mannervarlu	118,073
Korku, Bopchi, Mouasi	115,974
Gamit, Gamta, Gavit, Mavchi, Padvi	110,828
Pardhan, Pathari, Saroti	98,685
Pardhi, Advichineher	95,115
Koli Dhor, Tokare koli	77,435
Oraon, Dhangad	70,984
Dhanwar	69,809
Dhanaka, Tadvi, Tetaria, Valvi	55,880
Others	47,868
Naikda, Nayaka	35,053
Kawar, Kanwar, Kaur	20,321
Dubla, Talavia, Halpati	16,019
Kharia	11,411
Dhodia	10,980
Barda	10,293