HATTI
TRIBES – GEOGRAPHY
News:
Himachal High Court
issues notice to Modi Govt over reservation to Hatti community
What's
in the news?
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Himachal Pradesh High court issued notice
to Union of India and Himachal Pradesh Government in a Civil Writ Petition
filed against the provision of Reservation to Hattee community living in the
trans giri area of Sirmour district.
Hatti
Tribes:
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The Hattis are a close-knit community who take their name from their traditional
occupation of selling home-grown crops, vegetables, meat and wool at small-town
markets known as ‘haats’.
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Hatti men traditionally don a distinctive
white headgear on ceremonial occasions.
Location:
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The Hatti homeland straddles the Himachal-Uttarakhand border in the basin of
the Giri and Tons rivers, both tributaries of the Yamuna.
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The Tons marks the border between the two
states, and the Hattis living in the Trans-Giri area in today’s Himachal
Pradesh and Jaunsar Bawar in Uttarakhand were once part of the royal estate of
Sirmaur. Jaunsar Bawar was conquered by the British in 1814.
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Parts of the Trans-Giri region, where most
of the Hatti community lives, also come under the Assembly Constituencies of
Renukaji, Shillai, and Pachhad.
Hatti
Clans:
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The two Hatti clans, in Trans-Giri and
Jaunsar Bawar, have similar traditions and inter-marriages are common.
SC
& ST Population of Himachal Pradesh:
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As per the most recent Census (2011),
5.71% of the State’s population is ST and 25.19% of the population is
classified as SC.