The head of the Garasiya tribe is known as –

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The head of the Garasiya tribe is known as –

Answer: B. SahlotConcept: In Rajasthan’s tribal social organisation, village and panchayat leadership terms are identified by their documented use within particular…

  1. A.

    Sahrol

  2. B.

    Sahlot

  3. C.

    Gameti

  4. 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.

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