The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) homes bring smiles to women of the Tharu tribe in the Kheri district near the Indo-Nepal border.
About Tharu Tribe:
The Tharu tribe is one of the indigenous groups living in the Terai plain on the Indo-Nepal border.
They live in both India and Nepal.
In the Indian terai, they live mostly in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
In 1967, this tribe was documented as a Scheduled Tribe by the Government of India.
Language: They have their own language called Tharu or Tharuhati, a language of the Indo-Aryan subgroup of the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European family.
Economy: Most Tharu practice agriculture, raise cattle, hunt, fish, and collect forest products.
Most of their food involves rice, lentils, and vegetables.
They build their homes from bamboo and mud.
Society:
Despite their patrilineal social system, women have property rightsgreatly exceeding those recognized in Hindu society.
Tharu marriages are patrilocal within the tribe.
A common feature of the Tharu community is the joint family system of living in long houses.
Tharus live in compact villages, usually in the middle of a forest clearing. Each village is governed by a counciland a headman.
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