The Pangwala is a tribal community predominant in the Pangi valley of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.[citation needed]
Social status
As of 2001[update], the Pangwalas were classified as a Scheduled Tribe under the Indian government's reservation program of positive discrimination.[1]
Language
The native language of Pangwalas is Pangwali.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ "List of Scheduled Tribes". Census of India: Government of India. 7 March 2007. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
Further reading
- Customary Law and Gender Inequality: A Case Study of Pangwala Tribal Community of Western Himalaya
- Agnihotri, Prof Simmi; Singh, Dr Vijay (26 June 2020). "VOLUNTARY TRIBAL MIGRANTS AND THEIR ROLE IN ORIGIN PLACE: A STUDY OF THE PANGWALA TRIBE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH (INDIA)". International Engineering Journal For Research & Development. 5 (ICIPPS): 10–10. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/MXTUH. ISSN 2349-0721.
- Thakur, Janam Singh (25 May 2019). "Fairs and Festival of Pangi Tribal Tehsil". International Journal of Social Science and Economics Invention. 5 (05). doi:10.23958/ijssei/vol05-i04/116. ISSN 2455-6289.
- Kapoor, Karan; Mehta, Jagriti; Sinha, A. K.; Sahani, Ramesh (1 June 2020). "PRAJA: A Customary Village Council of the Pangwala of Himachal Pradesh". Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India. 69 (1): 82–92. doi:10.1177/2277436X20920979. ISSN 2277-436X.
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