• Dr. Manjil Basumatary
• SUBRATA SARKAR

Abstract The Santal Colony Tribal Block is situated in the western part of Assam and is part of Kokrajhar district of the Bodoland Territorial Area District (Assam). The Santal colony was created way back in the year 1881 with Thakurpur under the then Dingdinga Gaon Panchayat as it’s headquarter. The term Thakurpur means ‘Village of God’. The Santal Colony Tribal Block has been upgraded to a full-fledged Colony by the Assam government on 24th August 1977 with 57,930 bighas of land and has been renamed as Santal Colony Tribal Block. Today, the Santal Colony Tribal Block is comprised of 45 villages with it’s headquarter at Grahampur. The Santal Colony Tribal Block is populated by various communities such as Santals, Oraons, Mundas, Rabhas, Telis, Bengalis etc and majority of the Santals are the followers of Christianity in the colony. In the beginning this colony was dominated by two major communities such as Bodos and Santals. But the conflict between the Bodos and the Santals in the western part of Assam during the 1990s has completely uprooted the Bodos from the colony and this group of people of the colony remains displaced even today after 20 years of the conflict. The study of socio–economic status is very much important to know the economic development of any caste or communities. The topic entitled “Socio-economic conditions of the Adivashis in the Santal Colony Tribal Block” focuses on the socio–economic status of the Adivashi people of the Colony. The term Adivashi is used here to represent the communities such as Santals, Oraons, Mundas, etc. In this small write up, an attempt has been made to highlight the socio-economic conditions of the Santals in the Colony, causes of their backwardness and to provide measures for the upliftment of the community. The location map of the study area is prepared by using GIS technology.

Key words: Thakurpur, Adivashi, Colony, Tribal Block, GIS Technology.

"Socio-economic conditions of the Adivashis in the Santal Colony Tribal Block, Kokrajhar District, Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.243-250, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908978.pdf

"Socio-economic conditions of the Adivashis in the Santal Colony Tribal Block, Kokrajhar District, Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp243-250, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908978.pdf