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Exploratory research was carried out to identify the traditional agricultural tools used by the Kanwar tribe of Rigwar village in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh state. Traditional implements have an important and dominant role in tribal-dominated agricultural activities. Understanding the move from old to modern tools requires documentation and characterization of these tools. To obtain information on widely used implements, a door-to-door survey technique was utilised using randomly selected tribal farmers and a preplanned data collecting schedule. The Kawar tribe is largely found in the central Indian states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha. They speak Kawari, an Indo-Aryan language thought to be a Halbi dialect. Military duty is the traditional vocation of the Kawar. Most have left the military to become farmers or wage jobs. Rigwar is a hamlet in the Kota tehsil in the Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh, India. It is 32 kilometres from the sub-district headquarters in Kota (tehsildar office) Rigwar has a total population of 1,112, with 60.11% of men and 37.43% of females being literate. This village's key concerns are education, drinking water, roads, and electricity. In the village of Rigwar, 1112 people reside in 241 households. Females make up 49.73% of the entire population, while men make up 50.27%. Rigwar has a population density of 79.19 people per square kilometre. There are 845 scheduled tribespeople, 420 of them are females and 425 of whom are males. A total of 388.49 hectares is covered.