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Tag Archives: Mudugar
Welfare programmes and schools functioning under Tribal Welfare Department – Tamil Nadu
Scheduled Tribes of Tamilnadu ADI DRAVIDAR AND TRIBAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT POLICY NOTE 2018 – 2019 INTRODUCTION: As per the census of 2011, the population of Tamil Nadu is 7.21 crore [72,1 million] of which Scheduled Castes (known as Adi Dravidar … Continue reading
Posted in Community facilities, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Government of India, Names and communities, Nilgiri, Organizations, Quotes, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Southern region – Southern Zonal Council
Tagged Adiya, Arandan, Eravallan, Irula, Kaani (Kani), Kadar, Kammara, Kanikkar, Kanyan, Kattunayaka, Kochu Velan, Kondakapu, Kondareddi, Koraga, Kota, Kudiya, Kurichia, Kuruman, Kurumba, Maha Malasar, Mala Arayan, Malai Pandaram, Malai Vedan, Malaikuruvan, Malasar, Malayakandi, Malayali, Mannan, Melakudi, Mudugar, Muduvan, Muthuvan, Pallayan, Palliyan, Palliyar, Paniya, Sholaga, Toda, Urali
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Tribal participation in efforts to overcome diseases and malnutrition: Tribal activist and medical doctor Dr. Kamalakshi – Kerala
K.A. Shaji, The Hindu, Palakkad, July 1, 2014 A doctor couple have dedicated their life to the tribal people of Attappady. Till two decades ago, the majority of tribal people in Attappady were reluctant to approach doctors even in cases … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Childhood and children, Community facilities, Customs, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Health and nutrition, Media portrayal, Names and communities, Press snippets, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Storytelling, Video resources - external, Women
Tagged Irula, Kurumba, Mudugar
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Wikipedia – list of tribal communities in Kerala
Tribals in Kerala (Adivasis of Kerala) are the indigenous population found in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Most of the tribal people of Kerala live in the forests and mountains of Western Ghats, bordering Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. […] Tribals in Kerala are living on … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Figures, census and other statistics, Names and communities, Quotes, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
Tagged Adiya, Alar, Arandan, Cholanaikan, Eravallan, Ernadan, Kadar, Kammara, Kanikkar, Katunaikar, Kochu Velan, Kondakapu, Kondareddi, Koraga, Koragar, Kota, Kudiya, Kurichchan, Kuruman, Kurumba, Maha Malasar, Malai Arayan, Malai Pandaram, Malai Vedan, Malakkuravan, Malappulayan, Malasar, Malayan, Mannan, Marati, Mudugar, Muduvan, Muthan, Muthuvan, Paanan, Paliyan, Paniyar, Ulladan, Uraly
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Not a lack of knowledge but loss of land behind malnutrition: How forced dependence on distribution system shatters self-sustained communities – Kerala
K. A. SHAJI, The Hindu, PALAKKAD, June 15, 2014 A year after a large number of child deaths were reported from Attappady owing to malnutrition, an official survey held in the past two weeks has found that 572 children below … Continue reading →