KIIORE \PAH, also written Kharawa, a con- 1 siderable tribe dwelling near the Orson and to the north of the Larka Kol, in the highest hills to the north of Jushpur, and in those between Sarguja and Palemow. They speak much the same language as the Ho, Santal, Bhumi, and Mundah, and they appear to be of the same stock, though much less civilised. They are a consider able, ugly, and ill-favoured tribe, in the district of Palemow, in Singrowlee, the hilly country of Mirzapur and Rewah, and on the borders of Benares and Behar, and westwards in parts of Sarguja and Jushpur, and they 'are numerous to the N.E. in those parts of the plains adjoining the hills. They are also found on the outskirts of the Patna and Arrah districts. A division of the Kharawa tribe is the Bhogtah. The Kharawa are the dominant tribe of Palemow and Singrowlee. Theyare labourers, palanquin-bearers, and porters.
The rajas of Singrowlee and Jushpur are Kharawa, though claiming to be Rajput. They have no caste distinctions, and eat anything. The Kharawa of Sarguja do not use the plough. The race are mostly short of stature, but with well-knit muscular frames, complexion brown, not black, sharp, bright, deep-set eyes, noses not deficient in prominency, somewhat high cheek-bones, but without marked maxillary protuberances. The Kharawa of the hills are wild savages, armed with battle-axes, bows and arrows. They are nomadic, and migrate every second or third year. Their villages are therefore mere standing camps, con sist of about forty houses built round a large square, in the centre of which is the dancing area.—Dalton, p. 176 ; Campbell, pp. 36, 40, 378 ; Captain Blunt in Bengal As. Soc. lies. vii.