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Scheduled Tribes (also known as "tribals" or "adibasi/adivasi") are specific indigenous peoples whose status is acknowledged to some formal degree by national legislation. Scheduled tribes of the Indian state of West Bengal, as recognized by the Constitution of the Indian Republic ; a total of 40 distinct tribes.
Category. : Tribes of West Bengal. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tribes of West Bengal. Indigenous tribes of the area of the state of West Bengal, India.
The Santal are granted Scheduled Tribe status in five states: Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Tripura, where they account for a total population of 6,570,807 according to the 2011 Census of India. Of this population, 63.15% are reported as Hindu, 23% as Sarna, 7.28% as Sari Dharam (all in West Bengal), and 5.46% as Christian.
Goa. In accordance with The Constitution (Goa, Daman and Diu) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1968 and as inserted by Act 18 of 1987. [9] Dhodia. Dubla (Halpati) Naikda (Talavia) Siddi (Nayaka) Varli. This list has been updated by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, to add the following three.
Kora (tribe) The Kora (also known as Kuda, Kura, Kaora, Dhangar and Dhanger), [2] are an ethnic group found in the Indian states of West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, and the Bangladeshi division of Rajshahi. [3][4][5][failed verification] The 2011 census showed their population to be around 260,000. They are classified as a Scheduled Tribe by the ...
Munda, Lodha Muslims, Sabar. Lodha people are one of Schedule Tribes and PVTGs of India, primarily living in West Bengal and Odisha. Lodhas of West Bengal mostly live the Paschim Medinipur and Jhargham districts. A section of the Lodha has converted to Islam, and formed a distinct community called the Lodha Muslims.
The Munda are found mainly concentrated in the south and East Chhotanagpur Plateau region of Jharkhand, [8] Odisha and West Bengal. [1] [9] The Munda also reside in adjacent areas of Madhya Pradesh as well as in portions of Bangladesh, Nepal, and the state of Tripura. [1] [10] They are one of India's largest scheduled tribes.
The culture of West Bengal is an Indian culture which has its roots in Bengali literature, music, fine arts, drama and cinema. Different geographic regions of West Bengal have subtle as well as more pronounced variations between each other, with Darjeeling Himalayan hill region and Duars showing particularly different socio-cultural aspects ...