Garra people explained

See also: Garra (disambiguation).

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

Social status

, 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

Further reading

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

Ladakh: The Individuality vs State, Harish K. Thakur, New Delhi: Manas Publications, 2014.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Census of India: Government of India . List of Scheduled Tribes . 7 March 2007 . 27 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100605042409/http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/scst_main.html . 5 June 2010 .
2. Web site: 12 Major Tribes of Jammu and Kashmir. 2019-04-05. 5 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190405213818/https://www.generalknowledgebook.com/2019/04/tribes-of-jammu-and-kashmir.html. dead.
3. Statistical Profile of Scheduled Tirbes in India (https://tribal.nic.in/ST/StatisticalProfileofSTs2013.pdf)