Bharia is one of
Dravidian-speaking tribes of
Madhya Pradesh
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in
India
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. The Bharias live in
Patalkot, which is completely isolated valley some 400 metres below
Tamia in
Chhindwara
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district of Madhya Pradesh. This valley is the source of
Dudhi River
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. Patalkot is totally inaccessible by road and one enters along a footpath only. But recently The Madhya Pradesh government established good road inside the Patalkot valley.
There are hundreds of
medicinal plant species in the Patalkot valley, and the Bharias have a deep knowledge of the herbs and medicinal plants growing within their valley. Herbal healers from Bharia community are known as
Bhagat
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s. According to Deepak Acharya, Bhumkas can treat various human disorders.
See also
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Bharia language
Bhariati is an unclassified likely Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Patalkot Valley of Madhya Pradesh in central India.
It is not clear how many of the Bharia people of the 1981 census figure, who were spread out over several states outside ...
References
External links
Patalkot.com
Social groups of India
Social groups of Madhya Pradesh
Chhindwara
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