Kharia
PrintA language of India
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Haria, Khadia, Khariya, Kharvi, Khatria, Kheria
Population
240,000 in India (2001 census). Population total all countries: 241,580.
Location
Primarily Jharkhand, Ranchi district, Simdega subdivision, Thethaitangar Anchal and Kolebira Anchal in Khunti subdivision; West Singhbhum, East Singhbhum, Chhattisgarh, Raigarh, Jashpur, Durg, Bilaspur, and Raipur districts; Odisha, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, and Mayurbhanj districts; Assam; Tripura; West Bengal; Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Dhelki dialect mainly in Jashpur, northwest Gangpur (Raigarh) and Sundargarh; Dudh dialect is east and south, in southern Ranchi, Gangpur (Raigarh) and western Sambalpur. Also in Nepal.
Language Maps
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Dialects
Dhelki Kharia, Dudh Kharia, Mirdha-Kharia.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 46% (1991 census). Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1992.
Language Resources
Writing
Devanagari script. Latin script.
A Scheduled Tribe in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal. A Scheduled Caste in Tripura. Christian, Hindu.