
Among the 32 tribes in
Jharkhand, eight are under PGT (Primitive Tribe Groups) and they are –
Asur, Birhor, Birajia, Korwa, Parahiya (Baiga), Sabar, Mal Pahariya and
Souriya Pahariya, The total Tribal population constitutes 27 per cent
of the Jharkhand population of 2.70 crore. The PTG population is just
2.23 lakh as per 2011 Census.
As per survey
conducted by NGOs, in the 5 Birhore Tandas in Giridih the literacy
rate among PTG is just 16.87 per cent against the state average of 54
percents; gross cultivable land among PTG is 0.21 hectare per family
against state average of 0.82 hectare. Average monthly income of PTG is
just between Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000.
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A HUT IN BIRHOR COLONY AT BARIATHA, BARHI |
Economically
PTGs still indicate their specific trend of continuation of the archaic
pattern of existence.
The Majority of the primitive tribal population
groups in Jharkhand is in perpetual poverty and stands much below the
poverty line, suffering from an alarming malnutrition and high
illiteracy. The state government along with the district administration
is making best possible effort in creating sustainable development
programmes among them
Living very close to nature and their utter
dependence on the bountiful natural resources their way of life and
basic philosophy have been moulded accordingly and thus any sort of
severance from this deep-rooted matrix results in an imbalancing
situation.
After having
been specially identified as the Primitive Tribal Groups by the
Government of India on the basis of certain administrative criteria,
these sorted out tribal communities mitigating their hazards and
anxieties, consternations and tribulations in their life-situation.