Katkari

◾️ Katkari is one of the 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.

◾️Katkaris were historically forest dwellers. They are located

primarily in Raigad and in parts of Palghar, Ratnagiri and Thane districts as well and in some places of Gujarat.

◾️ The British administration had classified them under the Criminal Tribes Act, 1871.

◾️ The name Katkari is derived from a forest-based activity – the

making and barter or sale of Katechu (kath) from the Khair tree (Acacia Katechu). 

◾️ It is produced by boiling wood from the Khair tree and evaporating the resulting brew.