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The Lodhas, Mahalis, Bhutias, Bedias, and Savars are the remaining STs, and having population of one per cent or more as per 2001 census report. [3] District wise Scheduled Tribes demographic map of West Bengal. More than half of the total ST population of the state is concentrated in Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Purulia, and Bardhaman districts.
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.
As per 2001 census, Lodhas numbered 84,966 and formed 1.9 per cent of the scheduled tribe population of West Bengal. They had a literacy rate of 34.8 per cent. [1] As per the 2011 census, the Lodhas population is 108,707 and 9,785 in West Bengal and Odisha respectively.
Just less than a third of all Bengalis are Hindus (predominantly, the Shaktas and Vaishnavists), [23] and as per as 2011 census report, they form a 70.54% majority in West Bengal, 50% plurality in Southern Assam's Barak Valley region, [121] 60% majority in the India's North Eastern state of Tripura, [122] 30% plurality in Andaman and Nicobar ...
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.
Map of North Bengal Region of West Bengal, India. Worldwide, there are an estimated 11-12 million Rajbanshi people. [23] According to 1971 Census figures, 80% of the North Bengal population was once of the Rajbanshi community. [citation needed] As per as last
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.
Munda • Hos • Kols • Bhumijs • Santhals. Birhor (or Birhul) are a tribal / Adivasi forest people, traditionally nomadic, living primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand. They speak the Birhor language, which belongs to the Munda group of languages of the Austroasiatic language family. [2][3]