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'''Mahali, Mahle, Mahili''' are an ethnic group in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The Mahali are indigenous to the states of [[Jharkhand]], [[West Bengal]] and [[Odisha]].<ref name="lawmin">{{cite web | format = PDF | url = http://lawmin.nic.in/legislative/election/volume%201/rules%20&%20order%20under%20Constitution/THE%20CONSTITUTION%20(SCHEDULED%20TRIBES)%20ORDER,%201950.pdf | title = The Constitution (Scheduled tribes) Order, 1950 | pages = 180, 182 | publisher = Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India | accessdate = 2009-03-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180127114304/http://lawmin.nic.in/legislative/election/volume%201/rules%20%26%20order%20under%20Constitution/THE%20CONSTITUTION%20%28SCHEDULED%20TRIBES%29%20ORDER%2C%201950.pdf | archive-date = 27 January 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref> They mostly reside in areas of [[West Bengal]] and [[Odisha]] near the [[Santhal Pargana division]] of [[Jharkhand]]. Mahali people form a different tribe which is sometimes grouped together with the [[Munda people|Munda]] tribe.<ref name="lawmin" /> They speak the Mahali language, which is considered a dialect of [[Santali language|Santali]]. <ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-24/india/29182775_1_odia-odisha-orissa-chief-minister | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105024620/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-24/india/29182775_1_odia-odisha-orissa-chief-minister | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-11-05 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Orissa's new name is Odisha | date=2011-03-24}}</ref> The language only had around 33,000 speakers in 2007.
'''Mahali, Mahle, Mahili''' are an ethnic group in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The Mahali are local peoples to the states of [[Jharkhand]], [[West Bengal]] and [[Odisha]].<ref name="lawmin">{{cite web | url = http://lawmin.nic.in/legislative/election/volume%201/rules%20&%20order%20under%20Constitution/THE%20CONSTITUTION%20(SCHEDULED%20TRIBES)%20ORDER,%201950.pdf | title = The Constitution (Scheduled tribes) Order, 1950 | pages = 180, 182 | publisher = Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India | accessdate = 2009-03-11 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180127114304/http://lawmin.nic.in/legislative/election/volume%201/rules%20%26%20order%20under%20Constitution/THE%20CONSTITUTION%20%28SCHEDULED%20TRIBES%29%20ORDER%2C%201950.pdf | archive-date = 27 January 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref> They mostly reside in areas of [[West Bengal]] and [[Odisha]] near the [[Santhal Pargana division]] of [[Jharkhand]]. Mahali people form a different tribe which is sometimes grouped together with the [[Munda people|Munda]] tribe.<ref name="lawmin" /> They speak the Mahali language, which is considered a dialect of [[Santali language|Santali]]. <ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-24/india/29182775_1_odia-odisha-orissa-chief-minister | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105024620/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-24/india/29182775_1_odia-odisha-orissa-chief-minister | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-11-05 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Orissa's new name is Odisha | date=2011-03-24}}</ref> The language only had around 33,000 speakers in 2007.


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Mahali
Total population
100,219 (2011 census)
Regions with significant populations
 India
West Bengal81,594
Odisha18,625
Related ethnic groups
Mahli tribe

Mahali, Mahle, Mahili are an ethnic group in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The Mahali are local peoples to the states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.[1] They mostly reside in areas of West Bengal and Odisha near the Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand. Mahali people form a different tribe which is sometimes grouped together with the Munda tribe.[1] They speak the Mahali language, which is considered a dialect of Santali. [2] The language only had around 33,000 speakers in 2007.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "The Constitution (Scheduled tribes) Order, 1950" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. pp. 180, 182. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  2. "Orissa's new name is Odisha". The Times of India. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.