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Socio-economic Changes of Yerukala Tribe in Andhra Pradesh

Author(s) Dr. P. Kalyan Kumar
Country India
Abstract India is the land of many tribal groups. Every tribal has inherited a unique history, language and culture from their ancestors. Yerukula is one among the principal tribes in Andhra Pradesh inhabiting in and around the forest areas. Yerukala, Erukala, Erukula or Kurru is a community found largely in the Southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Yerukalas are indigenous people of South India. They call themselves ‘Kurru’. They are called as ‘Yerukula’ in Andhra Pradesh after their women’s traditional profession of fortune telling, Eruka cheputa. The Yerukula migrated all over the state but basically they are from Prakasam and Krishna districts of coastal Andhra Pradesh. The tribes are rearing the pigs and sell the pork. Some people depend on basket making and daily labouring while the women wander from village to village as fortune tellers and as tattooists. They speak a mongrel dialect, which appears to be a mixture of Tamil, Telugu and Konkani. Today, the Yerukalas are settled in the villages/towns and trying to make their way out of the poverty by getting education to obtain financial freedom which has been denied to them since ages. Yerukalas are using reservations and other benefits from the government of India. Yerukulas carry the social stigma of ex-criminal tribes and experience social exclusion. The present paper seeks to examine the changing trends of livelihoods among the yerukula tribe in Andhra Pradesh. The study reveals that yerukulas are not free from social exclusion. The low or non – existence of better levels of education, modern occupational skills are compelling them to experience social exclusion. This paper examines the changing socioeconomic conditions of the Yerukala community, a historically marginalized tribal group in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Keywords Yerukula, social stigma, ex-criminal, livelihood and social change
Field Sociology > Archaeology / History
Published In Volume 7, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On 2026-04-17
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