Katkari Tribe
On 10th October, 2024, over 550 people from the Katkari tribe were given caste certificates in a special ceremony held at Male village, Pune.
- Katkari Tribe is a primitive tribe found in Maharashtra (Pune, Raigad and Thane districts) and parts of Gujarat.
- It is one of the 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in India.
- They were historically forest dwellers.
- Katkaris are also known as Kathodis because of their old occupation of making Katha (Catechu), the thickened sap from the wood of Khair (Acacia catechu).
- They are bilingual, speaking the Katkari language amongst themselves and Marathi with others. A few of them speak Hindi ....
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