Meena

Meena
1888 picture of Meenas
Total population
5 million[1] (2011 Census)
Regions with significant populations
India
Languages
Mina, Hindi, Mewari, Marwari, Dhundari, Harauti, Mewati, Wagdi, Malvi, Bhili etc.[2][3]
Religion
Hinduism (99.7%), others (0.14%)[4]
Related ethnic groups
 • Bhil  • Parihar  • Meo

Meena (pronounced [miːɳa]) is a tribe from northern and western India which is sometimes considered a sub-group of the Bhil community.[5][6] It used to be claimed they speak Mina language, a spurious language. Its name is also transliterated as Meenanda or Mina. They got the status of Scheduled Tribe by the Government of India in 1954.[7]

  1. ^ Prakash, Ravi (18 November 2020). "क्या आदिवासियों को मिल पाएगा उनका अलग धर्म कोड, झारखंड का प्रस्ताव अब मोदी सरकार के पास" (in Hindi). Ranchi: BBC Hindi. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ The assignment of an ISO code [myi] for the Meena language was spurious (Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices). The code was retired in 2019.
  3. ^ "A Sociological Evaluation of the Major Government Schemes Meant for Promoting Education and Health among The Members of the Meena Tribe in Rajasthan" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Meena in India". Joshua Project. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  5. ^ Sezgin, Yüksel (2011). Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 41. ISBN 9783643999054. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Rath, Govinda Chandra (2013). Emerging Trends in Indian Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 166. ISBN 9781136198557.
  7. ^ "आखिर क्यों भड़कते हैं आरक्षण के आंदोलन | DW | 12.02.2019". Deutsche Welle (in Hindi). Retrieved 12 May 2022.