Quite a handful of tribes reside in the heartland of the state of West Bengal. Amongst them , the tribes of Bathudi deserve special mentioning.

Maximum of these Bathudi tribes reside in houses that are being prepared from mud walls and also thatched roofs. They used to beautify their walls with multi colored flowery designs. The dresses of these Bathudi tribal communities are simple, yet, scanty. Males usually dress up in coarse dhoti made up from cotton.

The women dress up in beautiful sari and usually they have got preference for different colors like orange. Silver ornaments are special attraction of all the Bathudi females. Just like many of the tribes of the Indian subcontinent, tattooing is also famous among Bathudi tribes especially amongst the females. They used to call this art tattooing as Khada. According to the tradition of these Bathudi tribes, they used to follow a special custom of drawing floral tattoos on their foreheads or arms , just before getting married.

Marriage is an institution in the society of these Bathudi tribes. Their marriage ceremony usually takes place either in the house of the bride or that of the groom. The whole population of the Bathudi tribes held these marriage ceremonies with lots of enthusiasm and jubilance

Maximum of the Bathudi tribes converse with each other in Bihari language . However there are quite few who also can carry on conversation in other Indian languages like Oriya etc. Only a handful of Bathudi tribes have taken up few Ho as their mother tongue. Following the practice of most of the tribes of Indian territory, these Bathudi tribes have taken up Bathudi as their chief occupation.

These Bathudi tribes are also very pious and have got faith on religion and spiritualism Most of them are Hindus and they worship all the Hindu gods and goddesses with great reverence. Among the village deities that they rever, Basuli, Sundura Gouri, and Hatiani etc are significant. All their images are in the shape of blocks of stone. In several villages of the Bihari districts, these deities are worshipped.

What is significant is to note that these Bathudi tribes have nicely adopted the trends of the contemporary society. Their influences are mostly being reflected in various cultural elements such as in the outlook of the people, their dresses and also in several habits of the Bathudi tribes. However, the populaces who reside in the distant villages have been able to preserve their original custom and practices till date.