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The following list shows the 33 largest Scheduled Tribes according to the Census in India 2011 (76% ≈ 80 of a total of 104 million members) with their population development (population explosion from +25%), their proportions and their gender distribution (number of female relatives per 1000 male) as well as the populated states/territories ...
Bhilai (Bhil= Tribe, Aai= Came, meaning Bhils came), a city in Durg district of Chhattisgarh is named after this. [citation needed] A large number of Bhils live in the neighbouring states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan. In Bengal, the Bauris represent the Bhil tribe. [12] [better source needed] They constitute the largest tribe of India ...
Santal people. The Santal (or Santhal) are an Austroasiatic -speaking Munda ethnic group of the Indian subcontinent. [7] Santals are the largest tribe in the Jharkhand and West Bengal in terms of population and are also found in the states of Odisha, Bihar, Assam and Tripura.
Adivasi. The Adivasi are heterogeneous tribal groups across the Indian subcontinent. [1][2][3][4] The term is a Sanskrit word coined in the 1930s by political activists to give the tribal people an indigenous identity by claiming an indigenous origin. [5] The Constitution of India does not use the word Adivasi, instead referring to Scheduled ...
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes comprise about 16.6% and 8.6%, respectively, of India's population (according to the 2011 census). [10][11] The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 lists 1,108 castes across 28 states in its First Schedule, [12] and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 lists 744 tribes across 22 ...
The Hajong people are an ethnic group from Northeast India and northern parts of Bangladesh. [5] The majority of the Hajongs are settled in India and are predominantly rice-farmers. They are said to have brought wet-field cultivation to Garo Hills , where the Garo people used slash and burn method of agriculture. [ 6 ]
Gondi people. The Gondi (Gōṇḍī) or Gond people, who refer to themselves as " Kōītōr " (Kōī, Kōītōr), are an ethnolinguistic group in India. [5][6] Their native language, Gondi, belongs to the Dravidian family. They are spread over the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, [7] Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh ...
The Munda people are an Austroasiatic-speaking ethnic group of the Indian subcontinent. ... [10] They are one of India's largest scheduled tribes.