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| | #REDIRECT [[Mahali people]] |
| {{Infobox ethnic group
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| | group = Mahli
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| | population = 155,023 (2011 census)
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| | total_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/ST.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref>
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| | popplace = India
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| | region1 = [[Jharkhand]]
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| | pop1 = 152,663
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| | region2 = [[West Bengal]]
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| | pop2 = 2,360
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| |langs = [[Sadri language|Sadri]], [[Santali language|Mahli]], [[Mundari language|Mundari]], [[Santali language|Santali]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi]], [[Odia language|Odia]]
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| | related = [[Mahali]]
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| }}
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| The '''Mahli''' are a community in the Indian states of [[Jharkhand]], [[Odisha]] and [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{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 = 173, 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> [[Basketry]] was main occupation of mahlis.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F3gzryWrMuQC&q=mahli+tribe&pg=PA53|title=Tanks in Eastern India: A Study in Exploration|isbn=9789290907312|last1=Pant|first1=Niranjan|last2=Verma|first2=R. K.|year=2010}}</ref> Mahli speak [[Sadri language|Sadri]], [[Mundari language|Mundari]] and [[Santali language|Santali]] as their mother tongue rather than [[Santali language|Mahli]]. May be Mahli is a threatened language. Also use [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi]] and [[Odia language|Odia]]. They are included in list of [[Scheduled Tribe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mjx|title=Mahali|website=ethnologue}}</ref>
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| ==Origin==
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| They are caste who works as palaqulin bearers and bamboo workers. They are divided into five endogamous subdivision: the bansphor Mahli, pahar mahli, Sulunkhi, Tanti and Mahli Munda. Their some septs are Kachhap (tortoise), dumriar (wild fig), gundli (a kind of grain), Kerketta (a bird), mahukal (a bird), Tirki, Tunduar, Turu, Bhuktuar, Lang Chenre, Sanga. Their four septs Hansda, Hemron, Murmu, Saren also found in Santal tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/tribescastesofce02russ_0|year=1916|publisher=Macmillan and Co|location=London|title=The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
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| ==Culture==
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| Their deity is Surjahi (Solar deity). Other deity are Bar Pahari (mountain deity) and [[Mansa Devi]]. Their festival are Bangri, Hariyari and Nawakhani etc.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kFmxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA99|title=Jharkhand Samanya Gyanand|website=books.google|isbn=9789351867982|last1=Ranjan|first1=Manish|date=19 August 2002}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://mahalisociety.blogspot.com/2012/02/customs-normal-0-false-false-false.html?m=1 Mahali]
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| {{Tribes of Jharkhand}}
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| [[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Jharkhand]]
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| [[Category:Scheduled Tribes of West Bengal]]
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