The Baiga are one of the PVTG groups of India that reside in central India, i.e., Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, in large numbers. In the first provincial census in 1866, the population of the Baiga was 1600. According to the 2011 census, the population of the Baiga tribe in India is 552,495. They reside in central India, i.e., Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, in the terrain of rivers and mountains. Due to the knowledge of ethnomedicine, they are known as Baidya/Panda (Medicine-Man) among the tribal communities. The Binjhwars, the Bharatiya, Rai Bhaina, the Nahads, and Kadh Bhaina are subcastes of them. They believe in the worship of God and Goddesses (nature deities like rivers, trees, mountains, animals, sun, moon, etc.,) ancestors, and benevolent and malevolent spirits to save them from distress and festive occasions. Around the year, on different occasions, they observe different festivals like Bidari Puja, Hariyali Amavasya, Nawakhani, Jawara, Chherata, Dipawali, Phag, etc.