Demographical Study of the Primitive Tribes of Chhattisgarh

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to present the data regarding the status of the primitive tribes’ population in the state of Chhattisgarh, as in comparison to the other tribal states of India. The paper also provides information not only about district wise population and sex ratio of primitive tribes in Chhattisgarh, but also about the sex ratio of the total population of the state. Chhattisgarh stands at the seventh place after Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Jharkhand from the point of view of population. If we go by the percentage of tribal population in each state, Chhattisgarh stands at the eighth place after Mizoram, Lakshadweep, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh,
Dadar and Nagar Haweli and Manipur. Thus it can be said that the percentage of scheduled tribes in Chhattisgarh is more than the other adjacent states like Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand etc.