The scheduled tribes population of the country is 8.43 corer, constituting about 8.2% of the total population. More than half of the scheduled tribes population is concentrated in the sates of Madya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Jarkhand and Gujarat. 6.5 scheduled tribes communities live in about 15% of the country’s areas, in various geoclimatic and ecological conditions ranging from plains and forests to hills and inaccessible areas.
Tribes in India: India is a land of multitudinous culture and peoples.Every state of India has its own culture and tradition. The different forms of people found here out numbers any country.There are certain states in India where the number of tribal population is much more than that of the other states. Due to the presence of these tribes India has receive various flavors and the tribal people are the real treasures of our countries. Major population of tribes are found in Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesha and North East “The Seven Sister States of India. The tribes peoples of India are also know as “Adivasis”. The specific meaning of Adivasis is the original inhabitants of a given region. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are also the home for various tribes like The Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa and Sentinelese. It must be very interesting reading to know tribes peoples and their culture.
The scheduled tribes population of the country is 8.43 corer, constituting about 8.2% of the total population. More than half of the scheduled tribes population is concentrated in the sates of Madya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Jarkhand and Gujarat. 6.5 scheduled tribes communities live in about 15% of the country’s areas, in various geoclimatic and ecological conditions ranging from plains and forests to hills and inaccessible areas.
