Saputara

• Saputara is a quaint little hill station in the Dang district of

Gujarat. Popular for lush green forests, undulating
mountains, dazzling waterfalls, dreamy winding
roads, livid landscapes.
Population
0-6 Age group 281
Total Population
0-6 Age group 145
Male Population
0-6 Age group 136
female
Population

Literates

33%

Male 795 67%

Female 1554

Scheduled Tribe Males Scheduled Tribe Females

Total Male Female

Main Workers 595 449 146
Religion cultivator
Agriculture Labourer 280 203 77

Household Industries 1 0 1

Other Workers 310 242 68

Marginal Workers 45 33 12

Non Working Persons 2328 549 1779

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Saputara monsoon festival
• July to September. Activities
• Endorse saputara as a hill resort and create awareness
about the numerous natural and cultural attractions
that add to the region’s immaculate beauty during the
monsoons.

• Cultural dances from different tribes like Kunbi , Dangi.

• Handmade artefacts out of bamboo craft market.

• Kunbi tribe, Prakash, 24, is regular performers at

the festival, who strives to popularise the dancing • Warli art workshop. • Warli on wall painting.
tradition of his community. "We work on contract
with the government here. Although the income is • Laser show, craft and food bazaar, film shows, cultural
not stable, but it helps us to run our families. events, games like bamboo balancing, jelly jump, tug
During the festival, the government pays us Rs of war.
4,500 per day," Prakash said. • Growth of tourist footfalls at an average of 14 per cent
• For 30-year-old Leela, who sells hand-made goods, per annum.
the festival is an opportunity to make some extra
money for her folks.
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Bhil
"Billu" means bow and arrow.
• 50.18 per cent are cultivators(arrival of monsoon
June-July ), 39.36 per cent, are agricultural laborers,
and the remaining 8.11 per cent are in various other
occupations. Most of the workers are masons and
assist to masons
• The woman contributes to the family economy.
• Food:
• They eat fish including fish including dry fish, crab,
eggs, poultry birds; mutton, fowl and the Bhils of
Dangs district also eat occasionally the meat of
buffalo.
• House :
.
• The start collecting the material required for its
construction such has wooden poles, stones, tiles,
bamboo and clay for preparing the mud.
• The roof is constructed under the guidance of skilled
wood worker.
Indo-Aryan language on house
Kunbi
• The term 'kun' means people and 'bi' means seeds; so
kunbi means those who germinate more seeds from
one seed.
• Education :
• The kunbi boys and girls are getting the formal
education from the schools and colleges. But the girls
drop-out is higher from the schools because of
economic reasons.
• Marriage :
• Females and males marry at the age of 16 to 17 and
21 to 24 years.
• They take part in agricultural operations, collection
of fuel, bringing potable water and other activities.
• Food :
• Non-vegetarians. They take fish, meat, eggs etc.
• Alcoholic drinks which are prepared in their own
households with mohua flowers
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Warli Warli painting
• Mostly living in the mountainous regions
• Warli means an aboriginal tribe which is
proficient in digging out roots and transplanting
new, trees in the forests and are also involved in
agriculture.
Education :
• The warli are now sending their children to
schools, but rate of drop-outs is high. They
discontinue their studies after primary, middle or
higher-secondary education as the children have
to contribute to family income.
Marriage:
• Age at marriage for the girls is fifteen: to
seventeen years and for boys from seventeen to
nineteen years.
Occupation :
• They collect fuel and fodder from the forest. • Portraying hunting, fishing, and farming, and trees and
They earn as labourers in the agricultural fields, animals.
forest, road etc. They go to the forest to collect • Festivals and dances are common scenes
minor-forest produce.
• The warlis are famous for their wall-paintings. • Usually created on the inside walls of village huts.
They also know the bamboo-work and prepare • The walls are made of a mixture of branches, earth and
different items of basketry for their own use. red brick that make a red ochre background for the
paintings.
• The Warlis who live in the mixed villages and • Walls are painted only to mark special occasions such as
have been rehabilitated get some better
weddings or harvests.
facilities.
Food :
• Non-vegetarian