Kol Tribe

The kol people are a tribe in uttar pradesh india who migrated there from central india around five centuries ago mostly landless and dependent on forest produce to make a living they are hindus and are designated a scheduled caste under india s system of positive discrimination the tribe has several exogamous clans including the barawire bhil chero monasi rautia rojaboria and thaluria.

Kol tribe. The munda ho and the oraon tribes are said to be the kol people. The kols are also water carriers and fishermen. Spousal relationship system the age of womanhood in kol tribe is 15 16 years and that of manhood is 17 18 years. The kol seem to be lacking handicrafts of any sort.

The name kol occurs as a generic category in sanskrit literature along with the names of other prominent forest tribes like the bhil and kirat. They make no baskets cloth ornaments or musical instruments. Kol being a tribal people is employed in cutting down jungle from year to year and in conveying the wood sale. Reference to the kol people is found in medieval texts such as ram charita manasa the lake of rama s deeds written in the late 16th century by the hindi poet tulsidas.

The people of kol tribe after death burn their dead tribesmen and also have a burning method. Kol is chiefly the low caste tribe or the adivasi inhabiting in the eastern parts of india.