Halba (tribe)
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Halba are a tribal community found in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha in India. They speak the Halbi language.[1][2] They are primarily agricultural community.[3] Halbas are mixed tribes or tribal caste, descended from the unions of Gonds and Hindus.[4] Linguistic evidence also points to the fact that the Halbas are an aboriginal tribe, who have adopted Hinduism and an Indo-European language.[5][6][7] They were cultivators and farm servants whose home is the south of the Raipur District and the Kanker and Bastar States; from here small numbers of them have spread to Bhandara, parts of Berar and also into Koraput in Odisha.[8][7]
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Total population | |
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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 |