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Who are the tribals?

Tribal means social group consisting of various families and lineages which are based upon the shared ties of kinship, ethnicity, and common history of territorial-political organisation.

These are the people who are believed to be of forest having distinctive habitat in the hill and forest areas which shape their economic, social and political attributes.


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