The Mahli are a community in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal.
[4] They speak the Mahali language, which belongs to the Munda group, and many of them also know Odia, Santali, Bengali, and Hindi.
[6] They are caste who works as palanquin bearers and bamboo workers.
Their some septs are Barwar (banayan), Bhuktuar, dumriar (wild fig), gundli (a kind of grain), Induar (eel), Kantiar, Kasriar, Kathargachh (jackfruit tree), Kendriar, Kerketta (a bird), mahukal (a bird), Tirki, Tunduar, Turu, Lang Chenre, Sanga.
Their four septs Hansda, Hemron, Murmu, Saren also found in Santal tribe.