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{{infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Chenchu<br />
| image = Chenchu tribal hunting.jpg<br />
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| caption = Chenchu man hunting, [[Nallamala Forest]]s, Andhra Pradesh<br />
| population = c. 65,000<br />
| popplace = [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]]<br />
| langs = [[Chenchu language]]<br />
| religions = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| related = <br>{{hlist| [[Dravidian people|Dravidian]] | [[Gondi people|Gondi]] | [[Telugu people]]<br />
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The '''Chenchus''' are a [[Dravidian peoples|Dravidian]] tribe, a designated [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribe]] in the [[India]]n states of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]], [[Karnataka]] and [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/ST%20Lists.pdf |title=List of notified Scheduled Tribes |publisher=Census India |accessdate=15 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107225208/http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/ST%20Lists.pdf |archivedate=7 November 2013 }}</ref> They are an [[Adivasi|aboriginal tribe]] whose traditional way of life been based on [[Hunter-gatherer|hunting and gathering]]. The Chenchus speak the [[Chenchu language]], a member of the [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] language family. In general, the Chenchu relationship to non-tribal people has been largely symbiotic. Some Chenchus have continued to specialize in collecting forest products for sale to non-tribal people. Many Chenchus live in the sparse and deciduous [[Nallamala Forest|Nallamala forest]] of Andhra Pradesh. <br />
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The Chenchus are referred to as one of the Primitive Tribal Groups that are still dependent on forests and do not cultivate land but hunt for a living. Non-tribe people living among them rent land from the Chenchus and pay a portion of the harvest. Other people also settled among them with the help of the Chenchus and learned agriculture from them, and the nomadic [[Banjara]] herders who graze their cattle in the forest also have been allotted land there. The Chenchus have responded unenthusiastically to government efforts to induce them to take up agriculture themselves.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf]]<br />
*[[Chenchu Lakshmi]], 1958 Telugu film<br />
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==References==<br />
*[[Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf|Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von]] (1943) ''The Chenchus: A Jungle Folk of the Deccan''. London: MacMillan and Co.<br />
*Betageri, Prahlad (1993) ''Adavichenchara Samskruti''. Bangalore: Karnataka Sahitya Academy. (in Kannada)<br />
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=== Footnotes ===<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100516233518/http://www.cepceindia.org/programs/rural-electrification/ CEPCE India]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120628160339/http://sakti.in/chenchu-empowerment.html Chenchu Empowerment Programme]<br />
* {{cite video |people=Sathya Mohan |title=Children of the Forest — India |publisher=Journeyman Pictures |medium=Documentary |format=streamed video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6IZzWSMJTU}}<br />
* [http://anilcherukupalli.com/the-chenchus/ The Chenchus] A photo essay<br />
*[https://archive.is/20100617043246/http://naturecamps.co.in/2010/a-night-with-chenchus/ A Night With the Tribals]<br />
*This article includes material from the [[public domain]] [[Library of Congress Country Studies|Library of Congress Country Study]] on [[India]].<br />
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