Jungle Mahals region

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The Jungle Mahals region is a historically forested and tribal-inhabited area in eastern India, known for its dense woodlands, indigenous communities, and distinctive cultural and political history.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Jungle Mahals region canonical 2
Jungle Mahals area 1
Jungle Mahals district 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
administrativeChange reorganization of Jungle Mahals district in 1830s
colonialDesignation Jungle Mahals district
country India
economicActivity forest produce collection
shifting cultivation
small-scale agriculture
ethnicGroup Bhumij
Ho
Kurmi
Lodha
Munda
Santhal
governedBy British colonial administration
hasCharacteristic heavily forested
sparsely urbanized
tribal-dominated
hasCulturalTrait distinct tribal festivals
folk music and dance
oral traditions
historicalEvent Jungle Mahals Regulation 1805
linked to: Jungle Mahals

Kol uprising
Santhal-related agrarian disturbances
historicallyPartOf Bengal Presidency
British India
knownFor agrarian unrest
dense forests
forest-based economy
indigenous cultures
tribal population
language Bengali
Ho language
Mundari
Odia
Santali
linked to: Santhali
locatedIn Jharkhand
Odisha
linked to: Orissa

West Bengal
eastern India
partOf Chota Nagpur Plateau fringe
forest belt of eastern India
religion Hinduism
Sarnaism
indigenous tribal religions
terrain hills and low ranges
undulating plateau
vegetation sal-dominated forests
tropical dry deciduous forest

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Jhargram partOf Jungle Mahals region
Bhumij associatedWith Jungle Mahals region
Jungle Mahals region colonialDesignation Jungle Mahals district
linked to: Jungle Mahals region
Chilkigarh Raj Palace region Jungle Mahals area
linked to: Jungle Mahals region
Koteswara Rao associatedWith Junglemahal region of West Bengal
linked to: Jungle Mahals region