The Hakki Pikki are a semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer tribe that lives in Karnataka, especially near forest areas. Hakki means 'bird' and Pikki means 'catcher' in Kannada.
According to the 2011 census, the Hakki Pikki population in Karnataka is 11,892. The level of education among them is low. This tribe is originally from the border districts of Gujarat and Rajasthan. The people of this tribe speak Vaghri (an unclassified tribal Indo-Aryan language of south India), Kannada and Hindi.
This tribe prefers cross-cousin marriage. The Hakki-Pikki society is matriarchal and the practice of polygamy is not found in it.
For the past 20 years, the Hakki Pikki people have been traveling to African countries to do business of herbal oil and sell their products. Many people of this community are stranded in violence-torn Sudan.