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Scheduled Tribes (also known as "tribals" or "adibasi/adivasi") are specific indigenous peoples whose status is acknowledged to some formal degree by national legislation. Scheduled tribes of the Indian state of West Bengal, as recognized by the Constitution of the Indian Republic ; a total of 40 distinct tribes.
As per 2001 census, Lodhas numbered 84,966 and formed 1.9 per cent of the scheduled tribe population of West Bengal. They had a literacy rate of 34.8 per cent. [1] As per the 2011 census, the Lodhas population is 108,707 and 9,785 in West Bengal and Odisha respectively.
Pages in category "Tribes of West Bengal" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Santal are granted Scheduled Tribe status in five states: Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Tripura, where they account for a total population of 6,570,807 according to the 2011 Census of India. Of this population, 63.15% are reported as Hindu, 23% as Sarna, 7.28% as Sari Dharam (all in West Bengal), and 5.46% as Christian.
They are included in the list of Other Backward Classes in the States of Jharkhand, [13] West Bengal [14] and Odisha. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In 2004, the Government of Jharkhand recommended that they should be listed as a Scheduled Tribe rather than Other Backward Class . [ 17 ]
Within the Dominion of India, the Bhutias as recognized as Scheduled Tribes in the states of Sikkim, West Bengal and Tripura. [6] On August 26, 2015, during her visit to Darjeeling, the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, announced the formation of a separate development board for the Bhutia community. [7]
Pages in category "Scheduled Tribes of West Bengal" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.
Bagal/Badgal (is a Bhagat Ravidass or Rohidass Families) is a cattle herding caste of India.Bagal people are living in the state of Jammu, Punjab, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha.