List of Indian Tribes,Tribes in India

List of Indian Tribes,Tribes in India

Tribes of India

The scheduled tribes population of the country is 8.43 corer, constituting about 8.2% of the total population. More than half of the scheduled tribes population is concentrated in the sates of Madya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Jarkhand and Gujarat. 6.5 scheduled tribes communities live in about 15% of the country’s areas, in various geoclimatic and ecological conditions ranging from plains and forests to hills and inaccessible areas.

The Major Tribes of India:

  • Abros – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
  • Adi, Apatami – Arunachala Pradesh
  • Angami, Ao – Nagaland
  • Badagas – Tamil Nadu
  • Baiga – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan &  Gujarat
  • Bhils – Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat & Rajasthan
  • Bhotias – Uttra Pradesh
  • Bhutias – Sikkim
  • Birhor – Bihar
  • Bodos – Assam
  • Chenchus – Andhra Pradesh, Odisha
  • Chutia – Assam
  • Dangs – Gujarat
  • Gaddis – Himachal Pradesh
  • Garos – Meghalaya
  • Gonds – Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar &  Andhra Pradesh
  • Great Andamanese – Andaman Island
  • Irulas – Tamil Nadu
  • Jaintias – Meghalaya
  • Jarawas - Little Andamans
  • Kanis – Kerala
  • Kacharis, Karbi – Assam
  • Khampti – Arunachal Pradesh
  • Khasis – Meghalaya, Assam
  • Khonds – Odisha
  • Kol – Madhya Pradesh
  • Kotas – Tamil Nadu
  • Kuki – Manipur
  • Lepchas or Rongpa – Sikkim
  • Lushais – Tripura
  • Meiteis – Manipur, Nagaland
  • Mina – Rajasthan
  • Miri – Arunachal Pradesh
  • Mishing – Assam
  • Murias – Madhya Pradesh
  • Mikirs – Assam
  • Mundas – Bihar
  • Oarons – Bihar, odisha
  • Onges – Little Andamans
  • Rabhas – Assam
  • Rengma – Nagaland
  • Santhals – West Bengal, Bihar
  • Sema - Nagaland
  • Sentinelesse – Andaman & Nicobar Island
  • Shompens – Great Nicobar Island
  • Tagin – Arunachal Pradesh
  • Todas – Tamil Nadu
  • Uralis – Kerala
  • Zeliang - Nagaland 
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