Birhor Tribe
- On 13th December, 2024, people belonging to the Birhor tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group in Jharkhand, joined a movement against child marriage in Giridih for the first time.
- Birhor are a traditionally nomadic tribe living primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
- They speak the Birhor language, which belongs to the Munda group of languages of the Austroasiatic language family.
- Their language has similarities with Santali, Mundari, and Ho languages.
- The “primitive subsistence economy” of the Birhors has been based on nomadic gathering and hunting, particularly for monkeys.
- According to socio-economic standing the Birhors are classified into two groups. While the wandering Birhors are ....
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