- Bhumij means "one who is born from the soil" and it is derived from word bhumij (a land or soil).
- The Bhumij tribe is endogamous and has four endogamous divisions like Tamudia or Tamaria Bhumij,
Haladipokhoria Bhumij, Teli Bhumij and Desi or Dehuri Bhumij who are known by their different
traditional occupations. - Traditionally, the Bhumij males wear a short piece of handwoven loin cloth (lengti) and the females wear short and
coarse sarees of white colour purchased from the local
weaver community
