The Malto or Maler people, also known as Pahariya, are a Dravidian tribal group from the Rajmahal Hills in the northeastern Chota Nagpur Plateau.

They practised jhum cultivation, as well as hunting and gathering, and would often also raid the plains of Bihar to the north or Bengal to the east, and would then retreat back into the forest.

When the British induced Santals to cultivate the Rajmahal Hills, the Maltos fought back, but were eventually driven out.

[4] Today they still practice jhum cultivation, called kurwa in their language, and collect minor forest produce.

Their society has no restrictions on premarital sexual relations, and children not born out of a marriage can still live with the mother.