This zone, which has the maximum tribal concentration, stretches from southern Madhya Pradesh (now also Chhattisgarh) to south Bihar (now Jharkhand) across northern Orissa. The major tribes lying i…...
North-Eastern Zone This zone includes the seven north-eastern states, and the major tribal groupS here are Nagas, Khasi, Garo, Mishing, Miri, Karbi and the Apatanis. Ecological degradation because â€...
DISTRIBUTION From the point of view of distribution and diversity of the tribal population, India can be divided into seven zones. 1. North Zone This zone covers Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, sub-Himal…...
CONCEPT OF TRIBE Conventionally, anthropologists considered all people as tribes who were backward in some sense or other, inhabited remote, inaccessible areas and were not familiar with the art of…...
According to the 2001 Census, the popuÂlation of Scheduled Castes in India was 166.6 million which was 16.20 per cent of the total population of the country. Numerically, the scheduled castes were â€...
DISTRIBUTION The Scheduled Castes are mainly to be found in the alluvial and coastal plains of India, as they are mostly associated with agricultural activities. (By contrast, tribal groups are rar…...