Quite a number of tribal communities reside in every corner of the state of West Bengal. As per recent survey carried on by the anthropologists, the total population has been enumerated as forty thousand in the state.

These Mal Pahariya tribes mainly are located in various districts including Bankura, Barddhaman, and Murshidabad. These tribes converse with each and every tribes in Mal Pahariya language. Belonging to Indo- Aryan language family group, few of these Mal Pahariya tribes also identify them as Malto, Malti, Maltu, Maler, Malpaharia, Marpaharia, Mal Pahariya, Mal, Manlati, Mar, Maw, Mawdo, Mawer, Mawer Nondi, Mad, Mader, Dehri, Paharia, Parsi. Variant dialects are also popular amongst various people.