Volume : IV, Issue : V, May - 2015

SOCOI–ECONOMIC FEATURES OF TRIBAL PEPLE IN INDIA AND THEIR STATUS: A POLITICAL ANALYSIS

Mr. Keerthi Mahender

Abstract :

 The tribal way of life is very much dictated by the forest right from birth to death. Inspite of the protection given to  the tribal population by the constitution of India, tribal’s still remaining the most backward ethnic group in India. The  tribal population in India, though a numerically small minority, represents an enormous diversity of groups. They vary among themselves in  respect of language and linguistic traits, ecological settings in which they live, physical features, size of the population, the extent of acculturation, dominant modes of making a livelihood, level of development and social stratification. They are also spread over the length and eadth  of the country though their geographical distribution is far from uniform. A majority of the Scheduled Tribe population is concentrated in the  eastern, central and western belt covering the nine States of Odessa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. About 12 per cent inhabit the Northeastern region, about five per cent in the Southern region and  about three per cent in the Northern States. In the modern world we are aware that society is never static and that social, political, economic  and cultural changes occur constantly. Hence, here this paper focused on Socio–Economic features of tribal people in India and their status. 

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Mr. KEERTHI MAHENDER SOCOI–ECONOMIC FEATURES OF TRIBAL PEPLE IN INDIA AND THEIR STATUS: A POLITICAL ANALYSIS International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 5 May 2015

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