Hattee Community

News

• Rajya Sabha passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Third Amendment) Bill 2022, according Scheduled Tribe status to the Hattee Community.

Who

• The Hattee Community is named after its traditional occupation, which involves selling home-grown crops, vegetables, meat, and wool at small-town markets known as ‘haats.’
• The community consists of approximately 3 lakh members.

Where

• They are settled in the Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh.

When

• The demand for Scheduled Tribe status for the Hattee Community has been persistent since 1967.