PROPITIATE village deities.In village organization, the function of the village Baiga (Oraon) is to propitiate village deities.The Baiga are an inherited group located majorly in central India primarily in the state of MADHYA Pradesh, and in smaller NUMBERS in the surrounding states of Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand.The volumetric number of Baiga is found in Baiga-chuk in Mandla district and Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh.They have some sub-castes namely: Bijhwar, Narotia, Bharotiya, Nahar, Rai Bhain, and Kadh Bhaina.Baiga tribe is DECLARED as Scheduled Tribe in Uttar Pradesh.The 2011 Census of India for that state showed their PRESENT population is 17,387.The name Baiga defines itself as "sorcerer- medicine