The Gav-Paradhi are one of the

Paradhi Paradi or Paradhi is a village and Gram panchayat in Bobbili mandal of Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area ...

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s of

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. Unlike the other Paradhi tribes they were not classed as a ' Criminal Tribe' by the

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government, under

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1871. This was because unlike the other Paradhi tribes like the

Phase Pardhi Pardhi is a Hindu tribe in India. The tribe is found mostly in Maharashtra and parts of Madhya Pradesh however small numbers can be found in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh. The word Pardhi is derived from the Marathi (state language) word ‘''Paradh' ...

, the Gav-Paradhi had become settled agriculturalists. The Gav-Paradhi live primarily in the Amravati District.

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Amravati district Ethnic groups in India Social groups of Maharashtra {{Social groups of Maharashtra