Mahli

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Mahli
Total population
155,023 (2011 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
India
Jharkhand152,663
West Bengal2,360
Assam13,452 (1951 est.)[2]
Languages
Mahali, Santali, Odia, Bengali, Hindi
Related ethnic groups
Bansphor, Basor

The Mahli are a community in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal.[3] Basketry is their main occupation.[4] They speak the Mahali language, which belongs to the Munda group, and many of them also know Odia, Santali, Bengali, and Hindi.[5] They are included in list of Scheduled Tribe.[6]

  1. ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Estimated Population by Castes, 5. Assam – Census 1951" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General, India. 1954. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ "The Constitution (Scheduled tribes) Order, 1950" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. pp. 173, 182. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  4. ^ Pant, Niranjan; Verma, R. K. (2010). Tanks in Eastern India: A Study in Exploration. ISBN 9789290907312.
  5. ^ Ota, A.B. (2014). Mahali (PDF). {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  6. ^ "Mahali". ethnologue.