Q. The head of which tribe is called ‘Gotiya’?
Answer: Kondh
Notes: The term ‘Gotiya’ refers to the head of the Kondh tribe. The Kondh tribe, also spelled Khond, is a tribal community mainly found in Odisha. In tribal administrative and social structure, the Gotiya plays a leadership or brotherhood role. Other tribes like Bathudi, Bediya, and Binjhiya do not have a head known as Gotiya according to ethnographic studies of Indian tribal communities.