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Vetars, Chero, Mundas, Santals, Bhils, and Gonds resided across Western and Central India.

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The above statement is false.
The Bhils were an enormous tribe. The tribe was scattered across the western and central regions of India. Many of them became settled agriculturalists and even zamindars. Yet most of the Bhil clans remained as hunter-gatherer tribes.
Kolis, Berads and other numerous tribes inhabited the Maharashtra highlands and Karnataka region.
Vetars, Maravars, and Koragas were the tribal population from further south.
Chero belonged to the Bihar and Jharkhand region.
The Mundas and Santals lived mainly in the Orissa and Bengal regions.
The Gonds spread in various regions of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh.

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