Yerukala people

Yerukala
Regions with significant populations
	Andhra Pradesh, India
Languages
	Yerukala, Telugu
Religion
	Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
	Telugus, Tamils

Last updated September 23, 2025

Yerukala or Erukala or Erukula is a tribal community primarily found in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in India.^[1] The population of Yerukala tribes according to 2011 census is 519,337.^{[ citation needed ]} The total literacy rate among Yerukula is 48.12%. Most live in southern Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, with a smaller minority in districts of Telangana. Their native language is Yerukala, but most have shifted to Telugu. They were vilified in British sources for being habitual criminals,^[2] and so were placed under Criminal Tribes Act, although they were underrepresented in the population of criminals and were most likely targeted for their nomadic lifestyle.^[3]

References and notes

↑ Chaudhuri, Sarit Kumar; Chaudhuri, Sucheta Sen, eds. (2005). Primitive tribes in contemporary India: concept, ethnography and demography. Vol. 2. Mittal Publications. p. 263. ISBN 81-8324-026-7.
↑ Thurston, Edgar. Castes and Tribes of Southern India.
↑ P, Samuel Jonathan (25 November 2017). "The agony of Stuartpuram". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 5 October 2020.

External links

Ekalavya Tribal Development and Educational Society page on Yerukula Archived 30 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Chaudhuri, Sarit Kumar; Chaudhuri, Sucheta Sen, eds. (2005). Primitive tribes in contemporary India: concept, ethnography and demography. Vol. 2. Mittal Publications. p. 263. ISBN 81-8324-026-7.

[2] Thurston, Edgar. Castes and Tribes of Southern India.

[3] P, Samuel Jonathan (25 November 2017). "The agony of Stuartpuram". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 5 October 2020.

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