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Raji people

Today, Raji people is a topic of interest and debate in different areas. Its relevance has transcended borders, generating all types of opinions and positions. Both in the academic field and in the public sphere, Raji people has captured the attention of specialists and the general public. This phenomenon has sparked growing interest in understanding its implications and consequences, as well as in seeking solutions and alternatives to address it effectively. In this article, we will explore different perspectives and approaches related to Raji people, in order to analyze its impact and offer a more comprehensive view on this topic.

The Raji people are a community found in Uttarakhand, India and some parts of western Nepal. As of 2001, the Raji people are classified as a Scheduled Tribe under the Indian government's reservation program of positive discrimination.

They call themselves Bot Tho. Others also call them Forest Raji (Ban Raji) and Forest Rawat (Ban Rawat). They traditionally hunt for a living, especially porcupine and bats, and dig wild yams (Dioscorea spp.) and other forest foods. Some families have a trade agreement with local traders (Bhotiya) to sell their handmade wooden bowls while others have branched out into carpentry, selling other woodenwares such as plowshares and house building planks.

Raji women have also been employed as rock crushers for construction projects. Households who were forcibly settled by the Government of India in the last generation mostly have subsistence-size garden plots and a few cattle as well.

Language

Raji speak a Tibeto-Burman language which they call Bat-Kha among communities in the Pithoragarh region and Bot-Kha in the Champawat region of Uttarakhand. It is classified by linguists as Rawat (ISO 639-3 jnl; Glottocode Rawa1264). It is in the same language sub-group with the languages named Raji spoken in Nepal (ISO 639-3 rji; Glottocode Raji1240) and Raute (ISO 639-3 rau; Glottocode Raut1239) which is also spoken in Nepal. The three languages are currently classified in their own Sino-Tibetan language sub-group called Raji-Raute. This language sub-group shows some affinity to areal Mahakiranti group Himalayish languages such as Kham Magar and Dhut Magar.

Raji people in Nepal

The Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal classifies the Raji as a subgroup within the broader social group of Mountain/Hill Janajati. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 4,235 people (0.0% of the population of Nepal) were Raji. The frequency of Raji people by province was as follows:

The frequency of Raji people was higher than national average (0.0%) in the following districts:

References

  1. ^ "List of Scheduled Tribes". Census of India: Government of India. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Rawat". Glottolog. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  3. ^ Jana Fortier. 2019. A Comparative Dictionary of Raute and Rawat: Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Central Himalayas. (Harvard Oriental Series, 88.) Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. xxiv+215pp. Harvard Oriental Series. Harvard University Press. 7 March 2021. ISBN 9780674984349. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  4. ^ Population Monograph of Nepal, Volume II
  5. ^ 2011 Nepal Census, District Level Detail Report


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