Bagata people

Bagata people
Bhokta, Bhogata, Bhagata, Kapu
	A traditional house of Bagata people
Regions with significant populations
Andra Pradesh	1,33,427
Odisha	8,813
Telengana	850
Languages
	Telugu, Desia Odia
Religion
	Hinduism, Christianity
	Census 2011

The Bagata are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.^[2]

The Bagata mainly speak the Bagata language, written in the , 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.^[3]

References[]

^ "STATISTICAL PROFILE OF SCHEDULED TRIBES IN INDIA 2013" (PDF). www.tribal.nic.in. MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS STATISTICS DIVISION, Government of India. Retrieved 20 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

"Bagata". SCSTRTI. Retrieved 20 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

"Odisha State Tribal Museum | Bagata". Retrieved 20 September 2021.

"Documenting the ethno-cultural practices of Bagata tribe of Andhra Pradesh | INTACH Intangible Cultural Heritage". Retrieved 27 October 2021.

Naidu, J.M. "Ethnography of Bagatha Tribe in Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Department of Tribal Welfare, Government of Andhra Pradesh. CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] "STATISTICAL PROFILE OF SCHEDULED TRIBES IN INDIA 2013" (PDF). www.tribal.nic.in. MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS STATISTICS DIVISION, Government of India. Retrieved 20 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "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.

[3] "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.

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