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| group = '''Bhottada''' <br />
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| total = 450,771 (2011)<br />
| total_ref = <ref name="census 2011">{{cite web|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/ST.html|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Government of India|accessdate=23 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907212310/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/ST.html|archive-date=7 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
| region1 = {{flag|Odisha|name=Odisha, India}}<br />
| pop1 = 450,771<br />
| ref1 = <ref name="census 2011" /><br />
| languages = [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Bhatri language|Bhatri]]<br />
| religions = Autonomous Tribal Religion<ref name="scstrti-Bhottada">{{cite web | last=scstrti| first=scstrti| title=Bhottada | website=Home | url=http://www.scstrti.in/index.php/communities/tribes/91-tribes/150-bhottada | access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref><br />
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The '''Bhottada''' (also known as '''Dhotada,Bhotra, Bhatra, Bhattara, Bhotora, Bhatara''')<ref name="Mhaiske Patil Narkhede 2016 p. 167">{{cite book | last1=Mhaiske | first1=V.M. | last2=Patil | first2=V.K. | last3=Narkhede | first3=S.S. | title=Forest Tribology And Anthropology | publisher=SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHER (IND. | year=2016 | isbn=978-93-86102-08-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sbs4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 | access-date=2020-06-23 | page=167}}</ref> is an ethnic group found mainly in many districts of [[Odisha]].<ref name="scstrti-Bhottada"/> The 2011 census showed their population to be around 450,771. They are classified as a [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribe]] by the Indian government.<ref name="census 2011"/><br />
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== Etymology and origins ==<br />
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The name Bhottada is derived from the words ''Bhu'' meaning earth and ''Tara'', meaning chase.<ref name="Singh 1996 p.198 ">{{cite book | last=Singh | first=H.D. | title=543 faces of India: guide to 543 parliamentary constituencies | publisher=Newmen Publishers | year=1996 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YxuLAAAAMAAJ | access-date=2020-06-23 | page=198| isbn=9788190066907 }}</ref> It is said that they migrated from Bastar.<ref name="scstrti-Bhottada"/><br />
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==Subdivisions==<br />
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The tribe is divided into two divisions called ''Bada'' and ''Sana''. ''Bada''s are higher in social hierarchy, They claim to be of purer descent. The divisions are endogamous however now a days intermarriage takes place between them.<ref name="scstrti-Bhottada"/><br />
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== Culture ==<br />
They have a number of exogamous totemistic clans or gotras named after different animals such as tortoise, tiger, cobra, monkey, dog, lizard, goat, etc. The clan members who are of a particular animal totem respect the same animals.<ref name="scstrti-Bhottada"/><br />
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The clans has agnatic lineages formed as local descent groups who live close to each other in villages.<ref name="scstrti-Bhottada"/><br />
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Marriage by negotiation is called Bibha . It is considered ideal and prestigious. It involves elaborate process and is expensive. Other ways of acquiring mates such as by elopement, by capture, by service are practised. Cross-cousin marriage, junior levirate and sororate, divorce and remarriage are permitted on reasonable grounds.<ref name="scstrti-Bhottada"/><br />
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They bury their dead. They worship Hindu deities and their own pantheon includes Budhi Thakurani, Bhairabi Budhi, Pardesi, Basumata, Banadurga, etc. Their chief festibhals are ''Chait Parab'' , ''Akhiturti'',''Nua Khia''and Dussera. The traditional chief of the village is the ''Naik''. He ,assisted by ''Chalan'', ''Pujari'' and ''Gonda'' handle the community affairs. At the regional level a group of villages constitute a ''Desh'' headed by ''Bhat Naik'' and supported by ''Panigrahi'' and ''Desia Gonda'' who mitigate inter-village disputes.<ref name="scstrti-Bhottada"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Tribes of India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Scheduled tribes of India}}<br />
{{Scheduled tribes in Odisha}}<br />
{{Reservation in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of India]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Odisha]]<br />
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