Draft Proposal for District Primary Education Programme (D.P.E.P.) Annual Plan 1996-97 District : Dangs Gujarat State

Abstract

From District Profile: During the Ramayan period it Is said that Dangs was called Dandakranya. Probably the Dangs name has been derived from the name Dandak itseif The History of the Dangs takes definite shape after the British rule and they contract with the Dangs territory. It is situated on the South Eastern fringers on Gujarat. Dangs is predominantly inhabited by Schedule Tribes called "DANGIES", who are by and large illiterate The Dangis have special customs and traditions and peculiar agricultural habits.