Adivasi: the Birhor tribe in Jharkhand – eBook by Jharkhandi.org

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The Birhor is one of the primitive Tribal Groups of the State of Jharkhand. They are found in the districts of Hazaribagh, Ranchi, Lohardaga, Palamu, Garhwa, Dhanbad, Singhbhum and Giridih and Gumla in present Jharkhand State. They belong to proto australoid racial stock. Linguistically, they belong to Austro-Asiatic (Mundari) group. The Birhor clain that they have descended from the sum and believe that the kharwar are their brothers who also trace their descent from the Sun.

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