tricts. The position continued to be the same til! 1976, when the area restriction was removed by the scheduled castes and sched- uled tribes order (Amendment) Act, 1976, extending the operation of the provision to the other parts of the State so that a few fami- lies of Beda (Budaga) Jangam living elsewhere in the state can get the benefits meant for scheduled caste. The records show that Beda (Budaga) Jangams are tradi- tional hunters, fowlers and also cultivators/ agricultural workers. They are invariably non-vegetarians. Some of them, it is reported, eat all sorts of small animals like rats equirrain and even carrion. They ware found only in a few villages living on the periphery. They were allegedly treated as untouchables. The population of these people according to Census figures was 1840 in 1961, and 1932 in 1971 inTelangana area. No records mention that a com- munity by name Beda Jangam/Budaga Jangam existed in Andhra Area. Even in Gazettes of Nellore, Kurnool and Guntur, the Beda/ Budaga Jangams find no place. The Government received complaints that several persons not belonging to scheduled castes but belonging to Jangam Com- munity are obtaining scheduled caste certificates claiming to be Beda *(Budaga) Jangam, because of the similarity between the names at the two castes and thereby usurping the benefits reseved for scheduled castes led that persons who claimed to belong to Beda (Budaga) Jangam community are in fact members of Jangam community which commands respect and stands specially supe- rior, and they are called jangam devaras.They perform Purohitam to Sudras and attend to funeral and death ceremonies of Sudras including some scheduled castes, like mala and Madiga of Shaivaite background.They Wow conches and ring a big bell while.Budaga jangam youth Association Amangal.
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