• Dr. Ravikumar S

India is a pluralist country with rich diversity reflected in the multitude of cultures, religious, languages and racial stocks. The Scheduled Tribes are one of the principal deprived sections of the Indian society. They constitute 8.6 per cent of the total population as per the census 2011. From the beginning of the Independence the Government of India initiated several sorts of programmes for the holistic development of Scheduled Tribes in the Country. Despite the efforts made by central government for the development of Scheduled Tribes ever since Independence, their socio-economic status gradually increasing trend but as compared to general population they are suffering several sorts of problems such as malnutrition, hunger, poverty, housing, pure drinking water facility. Hence the study focus on some of the indicators like population, sex ratio, literacy, work rate participation and basic amenities in Indian scenario to analyses the status of STs in India. The objectives of the present study is to know the Scheduled Tribes population since 1981 to 2011 in India and to trace out sex ratio and educational status of STs in India and to identify the poverty, Work Force Participation Rate and occupational distribution of STs in India and also to find out the Household Availability of Housing, Toilet and Electricity Facilities Access and Household Assets of STs in India. For the purpose of analysis the present study based on secondary data which are gathered from various published sources such are books, articles, journals, Census reports, and Development reports

India, Scheduled Tribes, population, Independence, Central Government, Development

"DEVELOPMENT OF SCHEDULED TRIBES IN INDIA – AN OVERVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.1433-1439, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRC006247.pdf

"DEVELOPMENT OF SCHEDULED TRIBES IN INDIA – AN OVERVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp1433-1439, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRC006247.pdf