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The Hill Reddis or Konda Reddis are one of the Scheduled tribes of India. They live in Andhra Pradesh state. The Konda Reddis must be distinguished from and are entirely unrelated to the Hindu caste also known by the name Reddi.^[1] They tend to live in the Godavari district as it was called during the British Raj. Today the area is known as the Khammam district. There are also a small number of Hill Reddis in West Godavari district and East Godavari district.^[2]

The Hill Reddis normally speak in Telugu with outsiders.

The 1991 Census of India counted 432 Hill Reddis.

[edit]Religion

The Hill Reddis traditional religion does not have the concept of a spirit being inside man.^[3] However the Reddis worship dead ancestors, the hills, local gods and accepted Hindu gods.

[edit]Sources

• Godavari District Gazetteer, p. 66-67.


• http://www.aptribes.gov.in/html/tcr-studies-eci-hill-reddis.htm

1. ^ Fürer-Haimendorf, C. von | The Reddis of the Bison Hills--A Study in Acculturation. London, 1945.


2. ^ http://www.webindia123.com/andhra/art/art.htm


3. ^ http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_305.html