Chhattisgarh Tribes

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Tribal males tend to gravitate towards their female counterparts as far as attributes of literacy, education, and workforce characteristics are concerned.  Non-tribal men however occupy the privileged end of the development spectrum.

Abstract: The State of Chhattisgarh is transforming and contrary to the older generation where tribal or non-tribal status impacted the way people would access amenities such as literacy, the disparities in the population are disappearing rapidly.

The author is professor in Social Geography at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.