Yerukala people: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox ethnic group

| group            = Yerukala

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| image            = Koravan.jpg

| popplace        = [[Andhra Pradesh]] (Majority), [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Telangana]]

| languages       = [[Yerukala language|Yerukala]]

| related          = [[Soliga tribe|Soliga]], [[Tamil people|Tamil]], [[Irula people|Irula]]

'''Yerukala''' or '''Erukala''' or '''Erukula''' is a tribal community primarily found in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Telangana]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Primitive tribes in contemporary India: concept, ethnography and demography|volume=2|editor-first=Sarit Kumar|editor-last=Chaudhuri|editor2-first=Sucheta Sen|editor2-last=Chaudhuri|publisher=Mittal Publications|year=2005|ISBN=81-8324-026-7|pages=263}}</ref> The population of Yerukala tribes according to 2011 census is 519,337.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} The total literacy rate among Yerukula is 48.12%. Most live in southern [[Coastal Andhra]] and [[Rayalaseema]], with a smaller minority in districts of Telangana. Their native language is [[Yerukala language|Yerukala]], but most have shifted to [[Telugu language|Telugu]]. They were vilified in British sources for being habitual criminals,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thurston|first=Edgar|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Castes_and_Tribes_of_Southern_India/Korava|title=Castes and Tribes of Southern India}}</ref> and so were placed under Criminal Tribes Act, although they were underrepresented in the population of criminals and were most likely targeted for their nomadic lifestyle.<ref>{{Cite news|last=P|first=Samuel Jonathan|date=2017-11-25|title=The agony of Stuartpuram|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/the-agony-of-stuartpuram/article20799245.ece|access-date=2020-10-05|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>