Halba (tribe)

Halba
Total population
c.750,000 (2011 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha
Languages
Halbi, Hindi
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Bhunjia, Indo-Aryan peoples

The Halba are a tribe in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha in India. They speak the Halbi language[1][2] and mostly farm.[3] They are a mixed tribe (or tribal caste) descended from Gonds and Hindus.[4] Linguistic evidence indicates they are an aboriginal tribe who adopted Hinduism and an Indo-European language.[5][6][7]

The Halba ancestors were cultivators and farm servants who lived south of the Raipur district, or Kanker and Bastar State; from here small numbers spread to Bhandara district, parts of Berar Province and into the Koraput district of Odisha.[8][7]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference jankaritoday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Halbaa". mapsofindia. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ "The puberty and birth rituals of the halba tribe of Chhattisgarh". exploreindia. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ^ Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane) (21 April 2018). The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume 1 (Classic Reprint ed.). Forgotten Books. ISBN 978-1440048937.
  5. ^ Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane) (21 April 2018). The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume 3 of 4 (Classic Reprint ed.). Forgotten Books. pp. 227–228. ISBN 978-1440048937.
  6. ^ Grierson, George Abraham (1905). Linguistic Survey vol. vii. Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India. p. 331. ISBN 81-75363614.
  7. ^ a b KORNEL, DAS (2017). HISTORY OF TRIBAL PEOPLE IN UNITED KORAPUT. Das Kornel. pp. 227–230. ISBN 978-93-5281-937-9.
  8. ^ Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane) (21 April 2018). The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume 3 of 4 (Classic Reprint ed.). Forgotten Books. pp. 222–224. ISBN 978-1440048937.