Amongst several tribal communities who have settled down in large numbers in every nook and corner of the Karnataka region, one can easily find that the name of the Kota tribal community deserves to be mentioning. Apart from Karnataka state , this Kota tribes are found in large numbers in other state of Sothern part of Indian subcontinent like Tamilnadu and also Nilgiri hills , Kotagiri districts of Tamil Nadu etc.

As per the observation of the anthropologists who have carried on numerous surveys on the lifestyle and culture of the Kota tribal community have rightly given some relevant information. This Kota tribal community belongs to the categories of the hill tribes of Indian subcontinent.

As far as the languages are concerned, this Kota tribal community converse with each other in the language of the same name.

Origination of this Kota tribal community has got a wonderful history behind it. According to the anthropological records, the Kota tribal community has reached their present locales only after migrating from several other places which started from the northeastern countries, some where near Sudan. The journey of the emigration of this Kota tribal community begun in the early years of the eighteenth century and after almost one hundred and fifty years back these Kota tribes came in contact with foreigners like Europeans. The chronicles of the several of the Europeans, which all dates back to the 1870 and onwards have also, made a mentioning of the Kota tribes. According to them, Christian missionaries made an entry to the region in the early nineteenth century and also converted several of the Kota tribes.

In order to sustain their livelihood, maximum members of the Kota tribal community have adapted to the cultivation and farming. This Kota tribal community has developed expertise in art and craftsmanship. It has been relevant from the numerous art works of terracotta and pottery that they have created with lots of skill and expertise.

This Kota tribal community has an orientation towards religion and also spiritual beliefs. There are wooden sculptures enclosed with sheets of metals like copper and brass are being fixed to the baskets full of bones. All the Kota tribes revere these sculptures as their principal deities. Legends are popular in the Kota tribal society about their power. Some Kota tribes proclaim that these images are conceptual portrayal of the dead person, while others believe that they are simply to guard the spirit of the deceased from evil persons.

Surveys too have revealed the exact number of the total population of this Kota tribal community. It has been enumerated to be one thousand, However, the number has been fast diminishing.

Since by nature this Kota tribal community is quite shy and introvert, it is only natural that the Kota tribal community would maintain alienation from the rest of the modern world and civilization.

Throwing some light on the history of their origination, it can be truly said that the Kota tribal community are one of the `consanguineous` tribes who have been descended from the same forefather. Due to the voluntary isolation of the Kota tribal community, conjugation has taken place, which has lead to their high rate of `mortality`.

The costumes and dresses of this Kota tribal community add to the beauty and glamour of them. What is also striking is the way these Kota tribes draw their faces with blue paints. The application of this ghastly color marks the transformation of a Kota lad into a male. This is done so that the child should undergo death before his transformation into an adult. Needless to say, this blue painting is a suggestion to the passing away of their childhood days. This is one of the common beliefs that are prevalent amongst the Kota tribal community. Just like any other tribal communities of the whole of Indian Territory, offering of wild beasts are quite prominent. Nowadays, under the impact of the modern day society, these Kota tribes too offer money instead of sacrificing all the wild animals.

In order to get to know more about this Kota tribal community, several scientific surveys too have conducted on their lives. Thus after undergoing DNA analysis, it has been proved that the Kota tribal community, in general, supposes that they have got close relation with the Toda tribes.

For carrying on administration and controlling also, each and every tribe of the Kota community has developed their own unique system. Each Kota village has a head who has acquired this position on the basis of his relation with the founding family of that Kota village. He rightly plays the role of arbiter and thus fulfill al his political duties and responsibilities. Beside this Kota village head supervises all the activities related to religious rites and rituals. This endows him the task of justifying the responsibility of his tenure and office. In each of the Kota villages, there are bark houses, which are all built in a more or less balanced manner along the straight streets. Depending on the number of resources available, the size of the village of this Kota tribal community has been measured and it is worth noting.