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The '''Gametia''' are a sub-division of the Bhil community indigenous to & found in the current state of [[Rajasthan]] in [[India]]. They are known variously as Gamet or Gametia. <ref> People of India Rajasthan Volume XXXVIII Part One edited by B.K Lavania, D. K Samanta, S K Mandal & N.N Vyas pages 155 to 158 Popular Prakashan</ref>

The word Gametia literally means a village dweller in [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]]. They are said to have acquired the name because they gave up their original nomadic existence and settled as agricultural labourers. The Gametia are the largest sub-division of the Bhil of [[Rajasthan]], and are found in the districts of [[Chittorgarh District|Chittorgarh]], [[Bhilwara District|Bhilwara]] and [[Udaipur District|Udaipur]]. They now speak the [[Mewari language|Mewari]] dialect.<ref> People of India Rajasthan Volume XXXVIII Part One edited by B.K Lavania, D. K Samanta, S K Mandal & N.N Vyas pages 155 to 158 Popular Prakashan</ref>

The Gametia are a landless community, often working in stone quarries. However, the majority of the Gametia are still landless agricultural labourers. They are [[Hindu]] and worship ancestral local deities such as Bheru. {{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

== Marriage ==

Like other Bhil groups, they are [[endogamous]]. They have a greater level of distance from assimilation by [[Brahminical]] [[Sanskritisation]].

== See also ==

* [[Bhil Kataria]]

==References==

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{{Bhil Clans}}

[[Category:Bhil]]
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of India]]
[[Category:Social groups of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]

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Ajay Kumar at 14:34, 23 July 2023