The Bagata are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.[1]
The Bagata mainly speak the Bagata language, written in the Bagata script, but they also speak Telugu and Odia. The latter is mostly in a dialect known as Desiya Odia.
The Bagata are primarily Hindus.
In 1976 the Bagata had the highest rate of indebtedness of any of the scheduled tribes of Andhra Pradesh.[2]
References
- ↑ "List of notified Scheduled Tribes" (PDF). Census India. pp. 13–14, 21–22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ↑ "Welcome to aptribes.gov.in - A Portal of Tribal Welfare Department Govt of A.P". Aptribes.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
Further reading
- Thurston, Edgar. "Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Bagata - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- "Bagata tribe" (PDF). tribal.nic.in.
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- "Odisha State Tribal Museum | Bagata". Retrieved 20 September 2021.