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The Kol people is a generic name for the Munda, Ho, and Oraon tribes (Adivasi) of eastern India who live in the states of Jharkhand, Orissa, and West Bengal, and spread over into parts of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
The Kol are very religious tribe, they follow Sarna religion and Singhonga is worshipped as a great almighty of God. They also believe in naturalism and worship natural objects like sun, river, mountain, tree, animal, birds, plants and bushes.
The Kol tribe does not have political career. Traditional panchayat system is prevalent in their society. The head of the families are the member and the head is called as Manjhi.
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