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Bhils are a tribal people of Central India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. They speak Bhil languages
Bhil languages

The Bhil languages are a group of Western Indo-Aryan languages spoken by some 6 million Bhils in western, central, and by small numbers, even in far eastern, India....
, a group of Indic languages.

Bhils are a scheduled tribe in the states of Gujarat
Gujarat

Gujarat is a States and territories of India in western India. Gujarat borders Pakistan to the north west and the state of Rajasthan to the north and northeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, Maharashtra and the Union territory of Diu, Daman District, India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the south....
, Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a States and territories of India in central India. Its capital is Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh was originally the largest state in India until November 1, 2000 when the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out....
, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh , a States and territories of India in central India, formed when the sixteen Chhattisgarhi-speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000....
, Maharashtra
Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a States and territories of India located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....
, and Rajasthan
Rajasthan

Rajasthan is the largest States and territories of India of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan....
 in western and central India, as well as in Tripura
Tripura

is a States and territories of India in North-East India, with an area of 4,036 square mile or 10,453 km?. Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh on the north, south, and west....
 in far-eastern India, on the border with Bangladesh
Bangladesh

, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south....
.

Bhils are also settled in Tharparkar district
Tharparkar District

Tharparkar Districts of Pakistan is located in Sindh, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, it had a population of 955,812 of which only 4.54%....
 of Sindh
Sindh

Sindh is one of the four Subdivisions of Pakistan of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. Different cultural and ethnic groups also reside in Sindh including Urdu-speaking Muslim refugees who migrated to Pakistan from India upon independence as well as the people migrated from other provinces after independence....
 in Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
.

The Ghoomar
Ghoomar

Ghoomar is a traditional women's folk dance of Rajasthan, India which was developed by the Bhil tribe and was adopted by the Rajputs. It is performed by groups of women in swirling robes, and accompanied by men and women singing together....
 dance is one well-known aspect of Bhil culture.

In feudal and colonial times, many Bhils were employed by the ruling Rajput
Rajput

A Rajput is a member of one of the major Hindu Kshatriya groups of Indian subcontinent. The Rajputs trace their roots to Rajputana. They enjoy a reputation as formidable soldiers and it is common to find many of them serving in the Indian Armed Forces....
s in various capacities, e.g.






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You may also be looking for Bheel or Bil
Bil (disambiguation)

You may also be looking for Bill, Beel , Beal or BhilBil could refer to* Bil - A Norse mythology god* Beel - A flood pond of the Lower Ganga - Brahmaputra flood plain...


Bhils are a tribal people of Central India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. They speak Bhil languages
Bhil languages

The Bhil languages are a group of Western Indo-Aryan languages spoken by some 6 million Bhils in western, central, and by small numbers, even in far eastern, India....
, a group of Indic languages.

Bhils are a scheduled tribe in the states of Gujarat
Gujarat

Gujarat is a States and territories of India in western India. Gujarat borders Pakistan to the north west and the state of Rajasthan to the north and northeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, Maharashtra and the Union territory of Diu, Daman District, India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the south....
, Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a States and territories of India in central India. Its capital is Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh was originally the largest state in India until November 1, 2000 when the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out....
, Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh , a States and territories of India in central India, formed when the sixteen Chhattisgarhi-speaking southeastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained statehood on November 1, 2000....
, Maharashtra
Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a States and territories of India located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....
, and Rajasthan
Rajasthan

Rajasthan is the largest States and territories of India of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan....
 in western and central India, as well as in Tripura
Tripura

is a States and territories of India in North-East India, with an area of 4,036 square mile or 10,453 km?. Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh on the north, south, and west....
 in far-eastern India, on the border with Bangladesh
Bangladesh

, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south....
.

Bhils are also settled in Tharparkar district
Tharparkar District

Tharparkar Districts of Pakistan is located in Sindh, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, it had a population of 955,812 of which only 4.54%....
 of Sindh
Sindh

Sindh is one of the four Subdivisions of Pakistan of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. Different cultural and ethnic groups also reside in Sindh including Urdu-speaking Muslim refugees who migrated to Pakistan from India upon independence as well as the people migrated from other provinces after independence....
 in Pakistan
Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
.

The Ghoomar
Ghoomar

Ghoomar is a traditional women's folk dance of Rajasthan, India which was developed by the Bhil tribe and was adopted by the Rajputs. It is performed by groups of women in swirling robes, and accompanied by men and women singing together....
 dance is one well-known aspect of Bhil culture.

In feudal and colonial times, many Bhils were employed by the ruling Rajput
Rajput

A Rajput is a member of one of the major Hindu Kshatriya groups of Indian subcontinent. The Rajputs trace their roots to Rajputana. They enjoy a reputation as formidable soldiers and it is common to find many of them serving in the Indian Armed Forces....
s in various capacities, e.g. as Shikaris because of their knowledge of the terrain. Many had even become warriors in armies. They were in the Mewar
Mewar

Mewar is a region of south-central Rajasthan state in western India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara District, Chittorgarh District, Rajsamand District and Udaipur District....
 army of Maharana Pratap Singh
Singh

Singh is derived from the Sanskrit word Si?ha meaning "Asiatic Lion". It is a common title, middle name, or surname in North India originally used by Hindu Rajputs, in 1699 it was also adopted by the Sikhs as per the wish of Guru Gobind Singh....
 and like Chhatrapati
Chhatrapati

Chhatrapati is an honorific or an imperial title for an Indian ruler. It most notably refers to Chhatrapati Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire....
 Shivaji
Shivaji

Shivaji Bhosle , commonly known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj laid the foundations of the Maratha Empire. Shivaji was younger of the two sons of Shahaji and Jijabai....
, were experts in guerilla warfare which the Mughals
Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire was a Muslim imperial power of the Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, ruled most of the Indian Subcontinent by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century....
 had so much trouble handling. Today, there is a Mewar Bhil Corps.'

In Hindu Mythology, popular Bhil figures are Shabari
Shabari

Shabari is a character in the Hinduism Epic poetry Ramayana. According to the Ramayana, she was an ardently devoted woman who received Rama's darshan and blessing due to her Bhakti to Him....
, who offered Rama
RAMA

Rama is a first-person adventure game developed and published by Sierra Entertainment in 1996. The game is based on Arthur C. Clarke's books Rendezvous with Rama and Rama II and supports both DOS and Microsoft Windows 95....
 and Laxmana half-eaten Ber
Ziziphus mauritiana

Ziziphus mauritiana is a tropical fruit tree species, belonging to the family Rhamnaceae. It is native to southern Asia though it is also cultivated and naturalisation elsewhere in the dry tropics, notably in Africa....
 (berries) fruit when they were searching for Sita
SITA

SITA is a multinational corporation information technology company specialising in providing IT and telecommunication services to the aviation industry....
 Devi
Devi

Devi is the Sanskrit word for Goddess, used mostly in Hinduism. Devi is synonymous with Shakti, the female aspect of the divine, as conceptualized by the Shakta tradition of Hinduism....
 in the forest. Maharishi Matanga
Matanga

Matanga literally means an elephant.In the Ramayana, Maharishi Matanga was a man who was brought up as a Brahmin but was the son of a Chandala....
 was another Hindu Bhil sage who became a Brahmana.

It is noteworthy that Lord Rama
RAMA

Rama is a first-person adventure game developed and published by Sierra Entertainment in 1996. The game is based on Arthur C. Clarke's books Rendezvous with Rama and Rama II and supports both DOS and Microsoft Windows 95....
 appears in a Bhil myth where there has been a flood that wiped out humanity and Rama suggests how it can be repopulated.

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See also


  • Badwa
    Badwa

    Badwa is one of the names given to male spiritual leaders among the Bhil tribes of the Indian state of Maharashtra.The religious sphere of Bhils is represented by variety of spirits, ghosts, gods, goddess, and deities....


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