Modern population

Balija

Balija

Balija is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Balija), with 1 sample from Andhra Pradesh, India.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Ezhava, Telugu and Velama, and among ancient ones Telugu GBR, Tamils GBR and Shahr I Sokhta BA3 (Bronze Age).

Period
Modern
Country
India
Origin
Andhra Pradesh, India
Sampled near
Tamil Nadu 11.33, 77.49
Samples
1
Catalogue
Balija

Nearest populations

Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.

Modern
#PopulationDistance
1EzhavaEzhava2.08
2TeluguTelugu2.23
3VelamaVelama2.39
4VelamasVelamas2.39
5VellalarVellalar2.57
6Tamil Sri LankaTamil_Sri_Lanka2.58
7Sri LankanSri_Lankan2.73
8Saliya KeralaSaliya_Kerala2.89
9Thiyya ThrissurThiyya_Thrissur2.90
10Yadav TeluguYadav_Telugu3.04
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Telugu GBRTelugu_GBR2.13
2Tamils GBRTamils_GBR2.46
3Shahr I Sokhta BA3 (Bronze Age)Shahr_I_Sokhta_BA33.94
4Roopkund A (Medieval, India)India_RoopkundA4.20
5Shahr I Sokhta BA2 (Bronze Age)Shahr_I_Sokhta_BA26.53
6Indus P (Bronze Age)Indus_P6.72
7Baniya Chettiar KeralaBaniya_Chettiar_Kerala6.86
8Shahr ISokhta BA2 (Bronze Age, Iran)Iran_ShahrISokhta_BA28.06
9Katelai (Late Bronze Age)Katelai_LBA8.51
10Aligrama (Iron Age, Pakistan)Pakistan_Aligrama_IA9.50

Individuals 1

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
BLJ001Andhra Pradesh, India