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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 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 ...
The tribes of Jharkhand consist of 32 scheduled tribes inhabiting the Jharkhand state in India. In 1872, only 18 tribes were counted among the scheduled tribes from which Banjara, Bhatudi, Chik Baraik, and Mahli were marked as semi-Hindu aboriginal and Kora as proletariat Hindu. In the 1931 census, including the above four semi-Hindu aboriginal ...
Some scholars suggest that the term Bhil is derived from the word billa or billu which means bow in the Dravidian lexis.The term Bhil is used to refer to "various ethnic communities" living in the forests and hills of Rajasthan's southern parts and surrounding regions of western India, highlighting the "popularity of the bow and arrow as a weapon among these groups".
As per 2001 census scheduled tribes numbering 4,406,794 persons constituted 5.5 per cent of the total population of the state. Santals constitute more than half (51.8 per cent) of the total ST population of the state.
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.
The hill tribes of Northeast India[a] are hill people, [b] mostly classified as Scheduled Tribes (STs), who live in the Northeast India region. This region has the largest proportion of scheduled tribes in the country. Northeast India comprises Assam and part or all of the former princely states of Manipur, Tripura and Sikkim.
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, Bihar, and ...