Information found on this website
- Find posts with information about a particular community here (up-to-date sitemap)
- Learn more about India’s 28 States and 8 Union Territories: Information provided by the Government of India – From Andhra Pradesh to West Bengal
Find out more with the help of “Safe Search”
- Type “bhil tribe india” or simply “Bhil custom” to learn more about the Bhil community
- For some names like “Mari” it is advisable to include “tribal india” or “tribe india” in your search: type “madia maria tribe india” for the community variously known as Maria or Madia
- Use different combinations like “munda tribe india video” or “khasi india music video“
Up-to-date reports by Indian journalists and commentators
List of Indian magazines and web portals covered by the present Custom search engine
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Search tips
Combine the name of any particular state, language or region with that of any tribal (Adivasi) community.
Add keywords of special interest (health, nutrition endangered language, illegal mining, sacred grove); learn about the rights of Scheduled Tribes such as the “Forest Rights Act” (FRA); and the United Nations “Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”, “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, “women’s rights”, or “children’s right to education”.
Specify any other issue or news item you want to learn more about (biodiversity, bonded labour and human trafficking, climate change, ecology, economic development, ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, global warming, Himalayan tribe, hunter-gatherers in a particular region or state, prevention of rural poverty, water access).
For official figures include “scheduled tribe ST” along with a union state or region: e.g. “Chhattisgarh ST community”, “Scheduled tribe Tamil Nadu census”, “ST Kerala census”, “Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group Jharkhand”, “PVTG Rajasthan”, “Adivasi ST Kerala”, “Adibasi ST West Bengal” etc.
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Points to consider
Some of India’s “tribal” (Adivasi) communities live on more than one national territory (e.g. the Santals of India and Bangladesh).
“Tribal” is a very broad term in the English language; here it is understood as including all the different indigenous groups of India.
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Regions
Regions noted for their wealth of tribal heritage: culture & ecology
Regional Zonal Cultural Centres
Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata
Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council
North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Prayagraj
Uttar Pradesh
North East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur
Seven Sister States & Sikkim – North Eastern Council
North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala
Northern region – Northern Zonal Council
South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur
Central region – Central Zonal Council
South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur
Southern region – Southern Zonal Council
West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur
Western region – Western Zonal Council
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Up-to-date information: Zonal Cultural Centres >>
Learn more about India’s eight North Eastern states: The “Seven Sister States” & Sikkim
More about India’s eight North Eastern states: The “Seven Sister States” & Sikkim
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