Yerukalas

Indigenous people of South India



Sub-Divisions

Yerukala community is divided into a number of functional and endogamous sub-divisions and each such sub-division is named after the commodity, which they traded in and the occupation they adopted.

Dabba Yerukala
Those who make baskets from split bamboo
Eethapullala Yerukala
Those whom make baskets from wild date leaves
Kunchapuri Yerukala
Those who make weaver’s combs
Parikamuggula Yerukala
Sooth Sayers
Karivepaku Yerukala
Hawkers of curry leaves
Uppu Yerukala
Salt hawkers

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