How many tribes are there? According to the 2011 census, there are 705 Scheduled Tribes in India, making up approximately 8.6% of the country's total population. There are over 700 tribes in India.

Darjeeling MP Raju Bista on December 17 advocated for the re-inclusion of 11 left-out Gorkha sub-tribes into the Scheduled ... General of India (RGI) that granting ST status could lead to an ...

Rajendran and others. Mr. Rajendran narrated the ordeal underwent by him in getting the road for the Scheduled Tribe community. “I promised them of the basic need and it has been kept only ...

Dibrugarh: Members of All Moran Students' Union (Amsu) organised a torch rally in Doomdooma town to press for Scheduled Tribe ...

Millions of missionaries work in schools, hospitals and other institutions. Their success is deepening divisions.

With help of advocate Sangram Kolhatkar, who owns a house near the Bhil settlement in Naigaon, the Bhils filed a civil suit ...

Members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Gazetted Officers Charitable Foundation have urged the State government to set up a Buddhist Development Corporation to support the growing ...

A recent wealth distribution survey revealed that just 22% of upper caste hindus own almost 41% of the total wealth in India. According to the survey, the Scheduled Tribes accounted for the lowest ...

Raipur: A study conducted by Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University's (PRSU) School of Studies (SoS) in Anthropology has identified nearly 5,000 members of the Nat Caste population—belonging to the ...