About the Book: Primitive Tribes of Orissa and Their Development Strategies
Tribal people living in the remote areas of the territory formsan indispensable
part of the Indian population. More than 250different tribal groups inhabit in
India, of which 62 tribal groupslive in Orissa, each varying in culture,
language, economic lifeand level of literacy. The thirteen tribal groups, namely
Birhor,Bondo, Didayi, Dongria-Khond, Juangs, Kharias, Kutia Khond, LanjiaSaoras,
Lodhas, Mankidias, Paudi Bhuinyas, Soura and ChuktiaBhunjia, having
pre-agricultural level of technology and extremelylow level of literacy have
been recognized as "Primitive Tribes? ofOrissa. These tribal groups remain
confined to their own smallworld and a probe into its history clearly shows