https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Pangwala_peoplePangwala people - Revision history2026-08-18T12:41:01ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pangwala_people&diff=524174&oldid=prevHarpreet Singh Kohli: created - done2026-02-11T17:30:36Z<p>created - done</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Khas Tribal Community in Himachal Pradesh}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}<br />
<br />
The '''Pangwala''' is a tribal community predominant in the [[Pangi valley]] of [[Chamba district]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]].{{cn|date=July 2020}}<br />
<br />
==Social status==<br />
{{As of|2001}}, the Pangwalas were classified as a [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Tribe]] under the [[Reservation in India|Indian government's reservation program]] of [[positive discrimination]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Census of India: Government of India |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/scst_main.html |date=7 March 2007 |title=List of Scheduled Tribes |accessdate=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605042409/http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/scst_main.html |archivedate= 5 June 2010 }}</ref><br />
<br />
== Language ==<br />
The native language of Pangwalas is [[Pangwali]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
<br />
== Further reading ==<br />
<br />
*[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303303118_Customary_Law_and_Gender_Inequality_A_Case_Study_of_Pangwala_Tribal_Community_of_Western_Himalaya Customary Law and Gender Inequality: A Case Study of Pangwala Tribal Community of Western Himalaya]<br />
*<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Agnihotri |first=Prof Simmi |last2=Singh |first2=Dr Vijay |date=2020-06-26 |title=VOLUNTARY TRIBAL MIGRANTS AND THEIR ROLE IN ORIGIN PLACE: A STUDY OF THE PANGWALA TRIBE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH (INDIA) |url=https://www.iejrd.com/index.php/%20/article/view/976 |journal=International Engineering Journal For Research & Development |language=en |volume=5 |issue=ICIPPS |pages=10–10 |doi=10.17605/OSF.IO/MXTUH |issn=2349-0721}} <br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Thakur |first=Janam Singh |date=2019-05-25 |title=Fairs and Festival of Pangi Tribal Tehsil |url=http://ijssei.in/index.php/ijssei/article/view/116 |journal=International Journal of Social Science and Economics Invention |volume=5 |issue=05 |doi=10.23958/ijssei/vol05-i04/116 |issn=2455-6289}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Kapoor |first=Karan |last2=Mehta |first2=Jagriti |last3=Sinha |first3=A. K. |last4=Sahani |first4=Ramesh |date=2020-06-01 |title=PRAJA: A Customary Village Council of the Pangwala of Himachal Pradesh |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/2277436X20920979 |journal=Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India |language=EN |volume=69 |issue=1 |pages=82–92 |doi=10.1177/2277436X20920979 |issn=2277-436X}}<br />
{{india-ethno-stub}}</div>Harpreet Singh Kohli