Garra people

The Garra people (sometimes spelled Gara) are a community found in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Social status

As of 2001, the Garra people were classified as a Scheduled Tribe under the Indian government's reservation program of positive discrimination.[1] As of 2011 Population Census of India, Garra population stands at 504, out of which 275 are males and 229 are females.[2][3]

See also

• Beda people

References

1. "List of Scheduled Tribes". Census of India: Government of India. 7 March 2007. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
2. "12 Major Tribes of Jammu and Kashmir". Retrieved 5 April 2019.
3. Statistical Profile of Scheduled Tirbes in India (https://tribal.nic.in/ST/StatisticalProfileofSTs2013.pdf)

Further reading

• Mann, Rann Singh (2002). Ladakh Then and Now: Cultural, Ecological, and Political. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-8-17099-838-9.