Kokna (tribe)

This article is about the Indian tribal community. For other uses, see Kukna.
A moment from Kokna-Kokni festival wherein men are dressed-up as Indian mythological characters
Kokni, Kokna, Kukna
Regions with significant populations
India1,049,411[1][2]
              Maharashtra6,87,431[2]
              Gujarat3,61,587[2]
              South Gujarat3,27,967[3]
              Rajasthan361[2]
              Karnataka32[2]
Languages
Kukna,[4] Marathi, Gujarati[citation needed]

Kokni, Kokna, Kukna is an Indian Adivasi tribal community found in Sahyadri-Satpura Ranges of Maharashtra (mostly residing in Nandurbar and Dhule districts – Sakri, Navapur talukas) and in Gujarat (mostly residing in Ahwa-Dang, Navsari and Valsad districts) and is believed to have originated[5] in the Konkan patti of Thane district.[6] It is also known as Kokna, Kokni, and Kukna. There are various opinions regarding the origin of this tribe since no adequate research has been made.[7] They are recognized as a scheduled tribe in the Indian states of Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.[8]

Kokna tribals after group performance in New Delhi
  1. ^ "List of notified Scheduled Tribes" (PDF). Census India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix". Census of India 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  3. ^ "Population Kokna" (PDF). Census of India 2011. The Tribal Research & Training Institute, Government of Gujarat. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  4. ^ Kokna (tribe) at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  5. ^ Adhav, Kalyan Rau (3 September 2010). "Kokana adivasichya loksahityacha abhyas". University. hdl:10603/95785.
  6. ^ "Choudhuri / Choudhury". Census of India 2011. The Tribal Research & Training Institute, Government of Gujarat. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  7. ^ "मराठी पुस्तक कोकणा-कोकणी इतिहास आणि जीवन, marathi book kokaNA-kokaNI itihAsa ANi jIvana kokaNA-kokaNI itihAsa ANi jIwana". www.rasik.com. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  8. ^ Demographic Status of Scheduled Tribe Population of India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, India "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)