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Madia Gond
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Madia Gond
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
Chhattisgad
State
India
. They have been granted the status of a
Primitive tribal group
by the Government of India under its
affirmative action
or
reservation
programme. The Madia Gonds are strongly affected by
Naxal
activities. The Madia Gond use the self designation Madia, and call the area where they live Madia
Desh
. They speak the Madia dialect of
Gondi
.
A study mentions living
megalithic
practices amongst the Madia Gonds. One of the findings of The Bench Mark Survey done in 1997–1998: 91.08 percent of Madia Gond families lived
Below Poverty Line
.
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