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    The document discusses Scheduled Tribes in India. It notes that 645 tribes are officially designated as Scheduled Tribes, accounting for over 84 million people or 8.2% of India's population as of 2001. States with the highest tribal populations are Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Bihar, and Gujarat. Tribal communities live in isolated areas and rely on agriculture, forest goods, and a barter system. They face issues like illiteracy, indebtedness, lack of access to education and banking, and alienation from their cultures.

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    The document discusses Scheduled Tribes in India. It notes that 645 tribes are officially designated as Scheduled Tribes, accounting for over 84 million people or 8.2% of India's population as of 2001. States with the highest tribal populations are Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Bihar, and Gujarat. Tribal communities live in isolated areas and rely on agriculture, forest goods, and a barter system. They face issues like illiteracy, indebtedness, lack of access to education and banking, and alienation from their cultures.

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    The document discusses Scheduled Tribes in India. It notes that 645 tribes are officially designated as Scheduled Tribes, accounting for over 84 million people or 8.2% of India's population as of 2001. States with the highest tribal populations are Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Bihar, and Gujarat. Tribal communities live in isolated areas and rely on agriculture, forest goods, and a barter system. They face issues like illiteracy, indebtedness, lack of access to education and banking, and alienation from their cultures.

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    The term "Scheduled Tribes" refers to specific

    indigenous people whose status is acknowledged to


    some formal degree by national legislation. A
    collective term in use locally to describe most of
    these peoples is "Adivasi"(literally it means
    "First/Ancient Inhabitants“.
    a total of 645 tribes are listed as Scheduled tribe.
    Tribal population - 1991- 67.76 million
    2001 - 84.32 million i.e.
    8.2% of total population of India.

    Scheduled Tribes
    Highest number of tribal concentration in
    states of Madhya Pradesh(15.40),
    Maharashtra(7.32), Orissa (7.03), Bihar
    (6.61) and Gujarat ( 6.16 ).
    In Rajasthan, West Bengal & Andhra
    Pradesh – 3-4 million each.
    In 7 sister states like Mizoram,
    Nagaland ,Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh
    the tribal population is more than 80 % of
    the total state population.

    Spatial Distribution of the tribal


    population
    Live in isolated terrains.
    Main source of livelihood is agriculture and
    collection of forest produce.
    They do not know commercial cultivation.
    They still relay on barter system.
    They spend a greater portion of their earnings on
    religious and ceremonies.
    Mostly they are illiterate
    Victimized by unscrupulous forest contractors and
    moneylender.

    Important features of Tribes of


    India
     Small landholding leads to chronically indebtedness.
     Less people works on secondary & tertiary sector.
     Literacy rate among them are very low – 29.30%.
     A good proportion of tribal land are legally transferred
    to non-tribal.
     Banking facilities are inadequate in tribal areas.
     Their agricultural style is primitive and required
    development.
     Isolated life
     Alienation of tribal's from their culture because of
    interference by the missionaries.

    Tribal Problems
    Numerous tribal revolt took place before
    independence.
    After independence the movements are of
    following types –
    Movements seeking political autonomy
    ( Nagas Mizos, Jharkhand )
    Agrarian movements ( Gonds Bhils of M.P.)
    Forest based movement (
    Socio-religious and socio cultural movement.
    (Bhagat movement among Bhils of MP)

    Tribal Struggles
    Abolitionof Bonded Labour in 1976.
    Organizing LAMPS
    ITDP
    Improvement through 20 Point
    programme
    Establishment of TRI
    Creation of TRIFED

    Development Programmes

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