A focused population profile of Bhil people, their western and central Indian Adivasi background, closest modern genetic matches, ancestry model, and World Genetics G25 heatmap.
Bhil people are one of the major Adivasi/tribal populations of western and central India, with communities across Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and nearby regions.
Bhil languages and regional Indo-Aryan languages are used across different communities, alongside Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, and Rajasthani varieties. This reference has a small sample size, so it is best read as a broad Bhil comparison point.
As a genetic reference, Bhil is useful for comparison with Arunthathiyar, Hakkipikki, Uttar Pradeshi Chamar, North Kannadi, Sakilli, Pallan, Relli, Konkani Christian Catholic, Chenchu, and Sinhalese.
In the World Genetics modern G25 comparison, the closest non-self match for Bhil is Kannadiga Scheduled Caste. Other nearby references include Bhil Gujarat, Marathi Mahadev Koli, Bhilala Madhya Pradesh, and Telugu Medari Andhra Pradesh. This gives the Bhil profile its nearest modern genetic context inside the current reference database.
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The ancestry breakdown gives deeper component proportions, while closest matches show modern similarity. Bhil ancestry is best interpreted as western/central Indian Adivasi-associated, but this specific sample aligns statistically with a wider set of South Asian references including Arunthathiyar, Hakkipikki, Chamar, North Kannadi, Pallan, Relli, Chenchu, and related groups.
The heatmap should emphasize western and central India, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka-adjacent references, Andhra/Telangana tribal contexts, and broader South Asian comparison zones.
The closest non-self match in this World Genetics comparison is Kannadiga Scheduled Caste. Other nearby references include Bhil Gujarat, Marathi Mahadev Koli, Bhilala Madhya Pradesh, and Telugu Medari Andhra Pradesh.
In the current modern G25 reference set, Kannadiga Scheduled Caste is the closest listed match to the Bhil average after removing Bhil itself from the table.
The heatmap shows where modern reference populations are closer or farther from the Bhil G25 average, giving the closest-match results a geographic view.
