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Kolam people

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Kolam are a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. They belong to the sub-category Particularly vulnerable tribal group, one of the three belonging to this sub-category. The others being Katkari and Madia Gond.

They are a Hindu community and common in the Yavatmal, Chandrapur and districts of Maharashtra. They speak the Kolami language. They are an agricultural community. They have a high rate of returning positive to the Naked eye single tube red cell osmotic fragility test (NESTROFT) test, making them prone to high incidence of Thalassaemia. The Kolam are an endogamous group.

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