Golla (caste)

Golla
ReligionsHinduism
LanguagesTelugu
CountryIndia
Populated statesAndhra Pradesh • Telangana • Maharashtra • Karnataka • Tamil Nadu

The Golla are a Telugu-speaking pastoral community[1][2] primarily living in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana with smaller numbers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.[3][4][5][6] They are related to other pastoral-herding castes like Gulla, Gullar (in Karnataka), Gollewar, Gavli and Dhangar (in the Marathwada area of Maharashtra State) and are a part of the larger Yadav community.[7][8] They are classified as a Other Backward Caste.[9]

Gollas are traditionally cowherds, but they engage in both sheep/goat and cattle pastoralism, in that they either herd exclusively sheep, a mixed herd of sheep and goats, or cattle.[10][11][5]

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  3. ^ India, Anthropological Survey of (1989). All India Anthropometric Survey: Analysis of Data. South Zone. Anthropological Survey of India.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Karnataka OBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  6. ^ "LIST OF BACKWARD CLASSES APPROVED". www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  7. ^ General, India Office of the Registrar (1962). Census of India, 1961. Manager of Publications.
  8. ^ Singh, K. S.; India, Anthropological Survey of (1998). India's Communities. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.
  9. ^ "Central List of OBCs". 24 December 2020. Archived from the original on 25 December 2020.
  10. ^ Singh, K. S. (1992). People of India: Andhra Pradesh. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 978-81-85579-09-2.
  11. ^ The Eastern Anthropologist. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society. 1966.