Abstract

It is important to know the status of the Tribal population in India; its characteristics and distribution of the same in various part of India. But it is not easy to define a tribe, in general, the tribal are expected to possess some unique characteristics. In present era still lot to do for Tribal Population to bring them in main flow of overall development. Government of India continuously focused to upliftment of Economical, Social and Cultural values. Government has made policies to ensure the Tribal development. Before construct the solid structure of development it is important to study the characteristics of the Tribal population. Over all the characteristics of all tribal communities are different from each other. Therefore Government made policies for micro level to ensure the 100% success rate of implementation of policies. The Government of India has specified 427 communities and has included them in the Schedule Tribes and are entitled to Special protection and privileges under the constitution of India. According to census 2011 it shares 8.6% of the total population of India; which was 10.45 crore.