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The Santhal are the largest and one of the oldest tribes in India, They are spread across Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. From time immemorial they have cleared forests, tilled the land and produced food for subsistence. They are also well-versed in the art of hunting and sericulture.
1 cze 2014 · evolution of socio-economic indicators among India‘s Scheduled Tribe population as compared to national trends for the two intervening decades between 1983 to 2004-05 – a period of rapid ...
Many large tribes thrived in different parts of the subcontinent. They usually lived in forests, hills, deserts and places difficult to reach. Sometimes they clashed with the more powerful caste-based societies. In various ways, the tribes retained their freedom and preserved their separate culture. But the caste-based and tribal societies also
Carrying out tribal studies in India has a very important historical significance as the concept of tribe is little different from the other parts of the globe. Understanding how India’s tribal communities and mainstream society learned to co-exist and learn from each other cultures could be a crucial lesson for the world. The tribal and non ...
TRIBES IN INDIA Tribes are found in all parts of India, except the states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh, Delhi and Puducherry. The Anthropological Survey of India under the ‘People of India Project’ identified 4,635 communities in India, of which 461 communities were of the scheduled tribes.
Bhil is the largest tribal group (38% of the total scheduled tribal population of India) followed by the Gonds. Madhya Pradesh has the highest tribal population in India (Census 2011). The Santhal are the oldest tribes in India.
our series of special editions published by the ITRHD - ‘Tribal Culture of India’, which follows ‘Rural Sports and Games of India’, ‘Oral Traditions, Myths and Legends of India’ and ‘Traditional Cuisines of India’.
