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District-wise Percentage of Scheduled Tribes in Jharkhand, Census 2011. According to the 2011 census, the Scheduled Tribe population of Jharkhand is 8,645,042, which constitutes 26.21 percent of the state's total population. Among all States and UTs, Jharkhand holds 6th and 10th rank terms of the ST population and the percentage share of the ST ...
Santal people. The Santal (or Santhal) are an Austroasiatic -speaking Munda ethnic group of the Indian subcontinent. [7] Santals are the largest tribe in the Jharkhand and West Bengal in terms of population and are also found in the states of Odisha, Bihar, Assam and Tripura.
The Munda people are an Austroasiatic-speaking ethnic group of the Indian subcontinent. They speak Mundari as their native language, which belongs to the Munda subgroup of Austroasiatic languages. The Munda are found mainly concentrated in the south and East Chhotanagpur Plateau region of Jharkhand, [8] Odisha and West Bengal.
With a population of approximately 700,000 in the state in 2001, the Ho are the fourth most numerous Scheduled tribe in Jharkhand after the Santals, Kurukhs, and Mundas. [3] Ho also inhabit adjacent areas in the neighbouring states of Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar bringing the total to 806,921 as of 2001. [2] [4] [5] They also live in ...
Total population; c. 33,000 (2011 census) ... Asur people are a very small Austroasiatic ethnic group living primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand, specifically ...
Birhor people. Birhor (or Birhul) are a tribal / Adivasi forest people, traditionally nomadic, living primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand. They speak the Birhor language, which belongs to the Munda group of languages of the Austroasiatic language family. [2][3]
Kurukh people. The Kurukh or Oraon, also spelt Uraon or Dhangad, [8] (Kurukh: Karḵẖ and Oṛāōn) are a Dravidian speaking ethnolinguistic group inhabiting Chhotanagpur Plateau and adjoining areas - mainly the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and West Bengal. [9]
According to the 2011 Indian Census, Jharkhand has a population of 32.96 million, ... Almost 80% of Jharkhand's people are farmers, although it contains 40% of India ...