Sociology of Tribal Society

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The word 'tribe' takes its origination from the old French tribe, referring Roman Ancient States (Ramnes, Tities, Luceres). Historically Tribes have existed as social groups comprising of distinct people dependent on their regional land for their livelihood and their self-sufficiency makes them partially independent of being integrated into the national society. In India, the tribal people have known here as Adivasi a modern Sanskrit word that carries the specific meaning of being the original inhabitants of a given region. Geographically, the Tribes in India establish their presence throughout the country. Adivasi communities believed in collective living wherein the resources jal, jungle, jameen - belonged to the community collectively. The administrative policies and mechanisms brought in by the British disrupted this Adivasi way of life and collective existence. Under the garb of civilising the Adivasi communities, colonial rulers tried to rip them off their resources, their identity, and their religious, cultural, social, economic and political systems; a practice which remains prevalent in present day independent India. This comprehensive book depicts the detail overview of Indian Tribals, their rights and triumphs and government policy. This book is made for students of sociology, social work and tribal studies.

Dhiraj Ghose is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Bangabasi Morning College, Kolkata, West Bangal. He has attended many national and international seminars. His several research papers have been published in reputed journals.

The word 'tribe' takes its origination from the old French tribe, referring Roman Ancient States (Ramnes, Tities, Luceres). Historically Tribes have existed as social groups comprising of distinct people dependent on their regional land for their livelihood and their self-sufficiency makes them partially independent of being integrated into the national society. In India, the tribal people have known here as Adivasi a modern Sanskrit word that carries the specific meaning of being the original inhabitants of a given region. Geographically, the Tribes in India establish their presence throughout the country right from Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand in the West to Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, and Nagaland in the northeast; some percent in Odisha, Karnataka, TamilNadu, and Kerala in southern India, in Western India it's in Gujarat and Rajasthan and in the union territories of Lakshadweep and on the Andaman Islands and Nicobar islands. Constitution of India has recognized tribal communities in India under 'Schedule 5' of the constitution. Hence the tribes recognized by the Constitution are known as Scheduled Tribes'. There are around 645 distinct tribes in India. However, in this article, we concentrate only on the major names. The total population of Scheduled Tribes is 10.43 crore as per the Census 2011 which accounts for 8.6% of the total population of the country. The share of the Scheduled Tribe population in urban areas is a meagre 2.8%. Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, and Karnataka are the State having a larger number of Scheduled Tribes. These states account for 83.2% of the total Scheduled Tribe population of the country. Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Jammu & Kashmir, Tripura, Mizoram, Bihar, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu, accounting for another 15.3% of the total Scheduled Tribe population. The share of the remaining states / Uts is negligible. The Scheduled Tribes in India form the largest proportion of the total population in Lakshadweep and Mizoram followed by Nagaland and Meghalaya.

Book's Contents and Sample Pages