They are caste who works as palaqulin bearers and bamboo workers. They are divided into five endogamous subdivision: the bansphor Mahli, pahar mahli, Sulunkhi, Tanti and Mahli Munda. Their some septs are Barwar (banayan), Bhuktuar, dumriar (wild fig), gundli (a kind of grain), Induar (eel), Kantiar, Kasriar, Kathargachh (jackfruit tree), Kendriar, Kerketta (a bird), mahukal (a bird), Tirki, Tunduar, Turu, Lang Chenre, Sanga. Their four septs Hansda, Hemron, Murmu, Saren also found in Santal tribe.[5][6]
Culture
Their traditional occupation was making households items of bamboo. They were also making musical instruments such as Mandar, Dhol, Nagara etc.[7]
Their deity is Surjahi (Solar deity). Other deity are Bar Pahari (mountain deity) and Mansa Devi. Their festival are Bangri, Hariyari and Nawakhani etc.[8]
Official classification
In the past, they were treated as an untouchable caste but listed as Scheduled Tribe by the Jharkhand government.[9]
^The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India. London: Macmillan and Co. 1916. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury (1970). Bihar District Gazetteers, Volume 12; Volume 16. Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar. p. 128.
^Jewitt, Sarah (31 July 2019). Environment, Knowledge and Gender: Local Development in India's Jharkhand. ISBN978-1351729895. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
^Shah, Alpa (2003). "An Anthropological Study of Rural Jharkhand, India" (PDF). p. 53. Retrieved 8 November 2022. Jharkhand categorises the Mahelis along with the Oraon, Munda and Badaiks, as a Scheduled Tribe
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