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The '''Chenchus''' are [[ | The '''Chenchus''' are a [[Dravidian peoples|Dravidian]] tribe, a designated [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribe]] in the [[India]]n states of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]], [[Karnataka]] and [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/ST%20Lists.pdf |title=List of notified Scheduled Tribes |publisher=Census India |accessdate=15 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107225208/http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/ST%20Lists.pdf |archivedate=7 November 2013 }}</ref> They are an [[Adivasi|aboriginal tribe]] whose traditional way of life been based on [[Hunter-gatherer|hunting and gathering]]. The Chenchus speak the [[Chenchu language]], a member of the [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] language family. In general, the Chenchu relationship to non-tribal people has been largely symbiotic. Some Chenchus have continued to specialize in collecting forest products for sale to non-tribal people. Many Chenchus live in the sparse and deciduous [[Nallamala Forest|Nallamala forest]] of Andhra Pradesh. | ||
The Chenchus are referred to as one of the Primitive Tribal Groups that are still dependent on forests and do not cultivate land but hunt for a living. Non-tribe people living among them rent land from the Chenchus and pay a portion of the harvest. Other people also settled among them with the help of the Chenchus and learned agriculture from them, and the nomadic [[Banjara]] herders who graze their cattle in the forest also have been allotted land there. The Chenchus have responded unenthusiastically to government efforts to induce them to take up agriculture themselves. | The Chenchus are referred to as one of the Primitive Tribal Groups that are still dependent on forests and do not cultivate land but hunt for a living. Non-tribe people living among them rent land from the Chenchus and pay a portion of the harvest. Other people also settled among them with the help of the Chenchus and learned agriculture from them, and the nomadic [[Banjara]] herders who graze their cattle in the forest also have been allotted land there. The Chenchus have responded unenthusiastically to government efforts to induce them to take up agriculture themselves. | ||