 Kharia women in traditional dress | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 482,754 (2011)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 India | |
| Odisha | 222,844[1] |
| Jharkhand | 196,135[1] |
| Chhattisgarh | 49,032[1] |
| Bihar | 11,569[1] |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,429[1] |
| Tripura | 1,409[2] |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Hinduism, Sarnaism[3][4] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Munda peoples | |
The Kharia are an Austroasiatic tribal ethnic group from east-central India.[5] They originally speak the Kharia language, which belong to Austroasiatic languages. They are sub-divided into three groups known as the Hill Kharia, Delki Kharia and the Dudh Kharia.[6] Amongst them, the Dudh Kharia is the most educated community.[7]
- ^ a b c d e f "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "A-10 Appendix: District wise scheduled caste population (Appendix), Tripura - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
- ^ "ST-14 Scheduled Tribe Population By Religious Community - Jharkhand". census.gov.in. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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- ^ "Khaṛiā people". Britannica. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Kharia-English Lexicon (PDF). Universität Leipzig, Germany: Himalyan Linguists. 2009. p. VIII. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2023 – via Open Edition.
the (Dudh) Kharia are also one of the most highly educated ethnic groups in all of India, with some estimates as to their rate of literacy running as high as 90%.