Champa Raspeda, a student from Odisha’s Malkangiri district, has made history by becoming the first member of the Didayi, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), to clear NEET 2025.
About Didayi Tribe:
The Didayi tribe, also known as the Didai people or Didiya tribe, is an indigenous tribal community residing in the Malkanagiri district of Odisha.
They are one of 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Odisha.
They belong to the Proto-Australoid racial stock.
They speak a language which has been included under the Austroasiatic language family.
The Didayi’s social structure is patriarchal, and their religious beliefs are rooted in animism, with a deep reverence for the natural world.
They live in small, remote forest villages, often in the Eastern Ghats hills.
Villages have a traditional council of elders that settles disputes.
Houses are typically thatched huts built with mud walls and bamboo.
The primary occupation of the Didayi tribe traditionally revolves around agriculture, hunting, gathering, and fishing.
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