The Mudugar are often misidentified as Muthuvan or Muduvan, even in the Census of India List of Scheduled Tribes.
In fact, Muthuvan and Muduvan are one and the same and live far away, predominantly in the Cardamom Hills and Anamalai hills of Idukki district. ,
indigenous people are also loosely referred to as Adivasis, tribals, tribes people, Scheduled Tribe or just hill people.
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