• Sanghamitra Chakraborty

There's a type of misconception that women from tribal areas have typically had a greater social status than Indian women overall. Some legal research, however, challenge this notion. In civilizations with tribal traditions, women play a crucial and bountiful role. As per the 2011 Census, the population of tribes makes up around 8.6% of the entire population of the nation. The demographic data indicates that the tribes have been disadvantaged for several years due to their large population living in various rural areas. Tribal women have had issues with reproductive health, economic disadvantage, and education, just as women in other social groups. Both primary and secondary data were used for the study, including pre-existing literature, preliminary studies, published data sets from government reports, and surveys. As a result, the current paper analyses the GDI indicators, which include literacy rate, health, work participation, poverty, and economic resources, to highlight the detrimental effects of gender disparities among tribal women. The GDI indicators have been closely studied and have shown that the main causes of these problems are the persistent disparities in the tribal communities, as well as ignorance, illiteracy, alienation from the land, and isolation from the outside world. Thus, this research paper's main objective is to critically analyse the main causes of gender disparities and identify the important gender issues that have a big impact on tribal women's social lives.

Tribal women, gender disparity, social status, GDI, reproductive health

"Constitutional provisions for gender equality and human rights of the schedule tribe women in India: A study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 4, page no.1701A60_530240_439_444, April-2015, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701A60.pdf

"Constitutional provisions for gender equality and human rights of the schedule tribe women in India: A study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 4, page no. pp1701A60_530240_439_444, April-2015, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701A60.pdf