The head of the Garasiya tribe is known as –
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The head of the Garasiya tribe is known as –
Answer: B. Sahlot — Concept: In Rajasthan’s tribal social organisation, village and panchayat leadership terms are identified by their documented use within particular…
- A.
Sahrol
- B.
Sahlot
- C.
Gameti
- D.
Bhagat
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Correct answer: B
Concept: In Rajasthan’s tribal social organisation, village and panchayat leadership terms are identified by their documented use within particular communities. Because a title may recur or have a local alternative, each term should be linked to its community-specific function rather than treated as universally exclusive to one tribe.
Application: The Garasiya are Rajasthan’s third-largest tribe, settled mainly in Sirohi, Bali in Pali, Gogunda and Kotra in Udaipur, and parts of Dungarpur and Banswara. Community decisions and dispute settlement run through a village panchayat, and the head of that panchayat is the Sahlot (सहलोत); the title Patel is used for the same office in Garasiya villages.
Cross-check — the neighbouring terms of this same vocabulary, each anchored to its own community:
Term | Community | What it denotes |
|---|---|---|
Sahlot (also Patel) | Garasiya | head of the village panchayat |
Gameti | Bhil | head of a Bhil village |
Bhagat | Bhil | a religious devotee bound by vows of purification |
Sahrol | Sahariya | the Sahariya village itself — a place, not a person |
Kotwal | Sahariya | head of the Sahariya community |
Result: the head of the Garasiya tribe is the Sahlot. One caution that makes Gameti a tempting choice: “Gameti Garasiya” does exist as a Garasiya term, but it is a descent category — the offspring of a Bhil father and a Garasiya mother — and not the name of an office.