Dungri Garasia

The Dungri Garasia are a clan of the Bhil ethnic community found in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan in India. They have scheduled tribe status.

Origin

The word Dungri literally hills and Garasia means a clearer of forest in the Rajasthani dialect. According to their traditions, this community of Bhils migrated from Mewar about three hundred years ago, to escape the Muslim forces attacking the Maharana Pratap. They are now found in the taluqas of Meghraj, Bhiloda, Vijaynagar, and Khed Brahma of Sabarkantha District, Gujarat, where the community still speaks Mewari.^[1]

Present circumstances

Gujarat

In Gujarat, the Dungri Garasia are an endogamous community. They consists of two sub-divisions, the Bhagat and Sansari, who do not intermarry. These sub-divisions in turn consist of clans, which are exogamous. The major clan groupings are the Ninama, Katara, Kharadi, Pandor (Pandav), Parmar, Modia, Moria, Damor, Gameti, Taral, Bhagora and Malavia.^[1]

References

1 2 Lal, R. B; Padmanabham, S. V.; Mohideen, A., eds. (2003). People of India Gujarat Volume XXII Part One. Popular Prakashan. pp. 222–225. ISBN 9788179911044.

Clans of the Bhil
Barda Bhagalia Bhilala Bhil Gametia Bhil Garasia Bhil Kataria Bhil Mama Bhil Mavchi Dholi Bhil Dungri Bhil Damor Dungri Garasia Mewasi Bhil Nirdhi Bhil Rawal Bhil Tadvi Bhil Vasava/Vasave

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