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.