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'''Dorla''', also called '''Dora''' are a tribal people community found mainly in [[Bastar State|Bastar]] area of central [[India]]. They are mainly found in [[Dantewada]] and Bijapur districts of present-day [[Chhattisgarh]] state.<ref>{{cite book|title="Being Neutral is Our Biggest Crime": Government, Vigilante, and Naxalite Abuses in India's Chhattisgarh State|date=2008|publisher=Human rights watch|page=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G5fAj03qJA4C&q=dorla+tribe&pg=PA22}}</ref><br />
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==Social status==<br />
Anthropological Survey of India has undertaken a study of Dorla tribe in 1957 and collected details of the tribe in ''The Dorla of Bastar''.<ref name=rise>{{cite book|last=Vidyarthi|first=Lalitha Prasad|title=Rise of Anthropology in India: A Social Science Orientation, Volume 1|date=1978|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|location=Delhi|page=155|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3TqmBoQnf4C&q=dorla+tribe&pg=PA155}}</ref> They were earlier known as ''Dor Koi'' or ''Dora Koi'' and as it indicated a slightly inferior status in the society, they gradually changed the name to ''Dora'' or ''Dorla''.<ref name=prasad>{{cite book|last=Prasad|first=Sachchidananda, R.R.|title=Encyclopedic Profile of Indian tribes|date=1995|publisher=South Asia Books|location=Columbia, MO|isbn=9788171412983|page=359|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmDRNTYw49EC&q=dorla+tribe&pg=PA359|edition=1st}}</ref> They usually undertake agricultural activities and live simply in forested areas and mostly illiterate and have a strong belief in supernatural powers and witchcraft.<ref name=prasad/> They also worship native gods or goddess like ''Mutta-lamma, Gangamma, Gaman, Kiror'' etc. and follow Hindu tradition.<ref name=prasad/> They speak ''Dorli'' or ''Dorla'' language, which is a [[Dravidian language]] and a dialect of [[Koya language]].<ref name=ethno>{{cite web|title=Koya|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/kff/***EDITION***|publisher=Ethnologue|accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Reformation==<br />
Dorla people used to collect forest produces like ''tendu'' leaves which is used to manufacture ''beedi'' and harassed by forest contractors while trading ''tendu'' leaves and some members of tribe like Bhadranna joined Maoist groups to fight for justice to their community. Bhadranna fought with Maoists and returned to mainstream after his surrender but several others still continue.<ref name=pandita>{{cite news|last=Pandita|first=Rahul|title=The war of winning hearts|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-war-of-winning-hearts/article5908535.ece|accessdate=14 April 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=14 April 2014}}</ref><br />
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Dorla people are very united.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Dravidian peoples]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu ethnic groups]]<br />
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Jharkhand]]<br />
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Madhya Pradesh]]</div>>Marcocapelle