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The Banjara is an ethnic group among larger populations in any society with a unique culture and common characteristics such as physical features, common language, habits, cultural homogeneity, unifying social organization and habitats in the same territory. Their settlements are organized around lineage, clan and cultural and economic resources, irrespective of the invasion of outsiders on their land. The families or communities making up an ethnic group are linked through socio-economic relations, religion and customary laws. Their land and territories (forests, hills, valleys, water, river beds and islands) are of crucial importance to their indigenous economic and cultural identity. The Banjaras value community life and have collective property resources for common use.