Foreword ix Acknowledgements xi
Introduction
K.K. Misra and Suresh Patil xiii
1 The Ang or the Jarawa of Andaman Islands - Anstice Justin 1
2 The Asur of Jharkhand - S.S. Mishra 19
3 The Baiga of Madhya Pradesh - Kattoju Ravi and Raj Kishor Mahato 27
4 The Bharia of Madhya Pradesh - Kattoju Ravi, Sanjay K. Shukla and Raj Kishor Mahato 43
5 The Birhor of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal - S.S. Mishra et al. 61
6 The Birjia of Jharkhand - S.S. Mishra 91
7 The Bondo of Odisha - Shyamal Kumar Nandy 101
8 The Buksa of Uttarakhand - Nishant Saxena, Vandana Kumari, Priyanka Singh and Bimal Rawat 111
9 The Chenchu of Andhra Pradesh - Md. Azeez Mohidden 125
10 The Cholanaickan of Kerala - Nilanjan Khatua 137
11 The Chuktia Bhunjia of Odisha - Rabiranjan Biswas 147
12 The Gnatare or Didayi of Odisha - Krishna Mandal 153
13 The Gadaba of Andhra Pradesh - A. Aparna 163
14 The Great Andamanese of Andaman & Nicobar Islands - Anstice Justin 173
15 The Irular of Tamil Nadu - C.R. Sathyanarayanan 187
16 The Juang of Odisha - Sudhansu Gangopadhyay 195
17 The Kadar of Kerala - R. Rajendra Prasad 207
18 The Kamar of Chhattisgarh - Sheela Das Gupta, Shampa Gangopadhyay, G.R. Lakshmi and K.M. Sinha Roy 215
19 The Katkari or Kathodi of Maharashtra and Gujarat - J. Sreenath and D.Venkata Siva 227
20 The Kharia and the Hill Kharia of Odisha and Jharkhand - Nupur Sinha 243
21 The Kolam of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra - B.V. Raviprasad, D. Xaviour and Samit Ghosal 249
22 The Kolgha of Gujarat - Raj Kumar 273
23 The Konda Reddi of Andhra Pradesh - M. Rajendra Prasad 281
24 The Khond of Andhra Pradesh - G.V. Ramana 297
25 The Dongria Khond of Odisha - Subrata Ray 307
26 The Kutia Kondha of Odisha - Sumitabha Chakraborty 319
27 The Koraga of Karnataka and Kerala - H.M. Patel and Suresh Patil 331
28 The Hill Korwa of Chhattisgarh - S. Gangopadhyay, G.R. Lakshmi and
Sheela Das Gupta 341
29 The Korwa of Jharkhand - K.M. Sinha Roy and B.R. Hansdah 349
30 The Kota of Tamil Nadu - C.R. Sathyanarayanan 355
31 The Kotwalia of Gujarat - Pritish Chaudhuri 363
32 The Kurumbas (in the Nilgiris District) in Tamil Nadu and Kurumbas, Kurumbar and Kurumban in Kerala - C.R. Sathyanarayanan 375
33 The Jenu Kuruba, Kadu Kuruba and Kattunayakan of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala - C.R. Sathyanarayanan, B.R. Vijayendra, Suresh Patil and Nilanjan Khatua 395
34 The Lodha of West Bengal and Odisha Chhanda Mukhopadhyay, Rapti Pan and Sudipta Kumar Behera 425
35 The Madia of Maharashtra - Tamal Maity 441
36 The Abhuj Maria of Chhattisgarh - K.M. Sinha Roy, Amit Soni, Rajesh Roshan and Vijay Kumar 453
37 The Mal Paharia of Jharkhand - B. Oraon 459
38 The Maram of Manipur Roshina Gowloog and Gitanjali Baruah 467
39 The Onge of Andaman & Nicobar Islands - Anstice Justin 473
40 The Padhar of Gujarat - Swati Das 491
41 The Paniyan of Tamil Nadu - C.R. Sathyanarayanan 505
42 The Parahiya of Jharkhand - B. Oraon 513
43 The Paudi Bhuiyan of Odisha - Debashis Basu 521
44 The Porja of Andhra Pradesh - A. Aparna 535
45 The Raji of Uttarakhand - Anand Saran, Minakshi Sharma, Karuna Shankar Pandey and Abrar Alam 545
46 The Riang of Tripura - Ashok Kumar Mukhopadhyay 557
47 The Saharia of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan - R.B. Thakre, P. Gangopadhyay, Shruti Singh and Veena B. Nair 579
48 The Saora of Odisha - Nabakumar Duary 613
49 The Lanjia Saora of Odisha - Indranil Biswas 623
50 The Savara or the Konda Savara of Andhra Pradesh - P. Mangalaxmi 637
51 The Savar or the Hill Kharia of Jharkhand - B.R. Hansdah 645
52 The Sauria Paharia of Jharkhand - Sudarshan Oraon 651
53 The Senteneles of Andaman & Nicobar Islands - Anstice Justin 659
54 The Shompen of Andaman & Nicobar Islands - Anstice Justin 669
55 The Siddi of Gujarat - Arsi Prasad Jha 681
56 The Thoti of Andhra Pradesh - D. Xaviour and B.V. Raviprasad 689
57 The Toda of Tamil Nadu - C.R. Sathyanarayanan 699
58 The Toto of West Bengal - Anupam Dutta 713
Annexure I: Name of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) 725
Annexure II: List of PVTGs as per ANSI Study 727
List of Contributors 729
Index 733
