.jpg) Sculpture of Rathva men women, Gujrat | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 Pakistan | 9200[citation needed] |
 India | 643,381[1] |
| Gujarat | 642,348[1] |
| Madhya Pradesh | 500[1] |
| Maharashtra | 488[1] |
| Karnataka | 45[1] |
| Languages | |
| Rathwi, Gujarati, Hindi | |
| Religion | |
| indigenous | |
The Rathva[2] or Rathwa[3] (also spelled as Rathava[4] and Rathawa) is a Subcaste of the Koli caste found in the Indian state of Gujarat.[5][6] Rathava Kolis were agriculturist by profession and turbulent by habits[4][7] but now lives like Adivasis such as Bhil because of their neighborhood[8]
- ^ a b c d e "A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix". Census of India 2011. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ Kanitkar, Helen A.; Fürer-Haimendorf, Elizabeth (7 May 2012). 1965-1969. New Delhi, India: Walter de Gruyter. p. 154. ISBN 978-3-11-080704-2.
- ^ Trivedi, Harshad R. (1993). Tribal Land Systems: Land Reform Measures and Development of Tribals. New Delhi, India: Concept Publishing Company. p. 358. ISBN 978-81-7022-454-9.
- ^ a b Tilche, Alice (19 February 2022). Adivasi Art and Activism: Curation in a Nationalist Age. New Delhi, India: University of Washington Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-295-74972-3.
- ^ Haekel, Josef. "Eine" Besessenheits-Séance der Rathva-Koli in Gujarat (Indien) (in German). Böhlau.
- ^ Somanaboina, Simhadri; Ramagoud, Akhileshwari (15 November 2021). The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India: Thought, Movements and Development. New Delhi, India: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-46280-7.
- ^ Janaki, Vengalil A. (1971). Vanadha-Chalamli: A Study in Rural Dynamics (with a Note on Ancient Village Patterns in India). New Delhi, India: M.S. University of Baroda; copies can be had from the University Publications Sales Unit. pp. 150: The Rathva Kolis were owners of land before the Patidar but later their lands were passed to Patidar politically.
- ^ Making Peace: One Woman's Journey Around the World. New Delhi, India: Friendship Press. 1989. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-377-00200-5.