How many tribal communities are there in Telangana?

32 tribal communities
Telangana has a tribal population of 31.78 lakh, which is 9.08% of the state’s population, with a total of 32 tribal communities.

What is the main tribes of Telangana?

Lambada/ Sugali/ Banjara The Lambadas are a scheduled tribe inhabiting throughout the state of Telangana and of Andhra Pradesh. They are also known as Sugalis and Banjaras. They population according to 2011 Census is 24,07,637. The Lambadas are the largest tribe in Telangana.

Where are tribal areas in India?

A majority of the Scheduled Tribe population is concentrated in the eastern, central and western belt covering the nine States of Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal.

Where are the major tribal area in India?

The maximum population of tribes in India is in Orissa, Rajasthan, Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The largest number of tribes in India is in Madhya Pradesh followed by Bihar.

Which Indian state is known as tribal state?

The seven sister states of Noth-east India, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand are known as the tribal states of India. Among these Chattisgarh is known as the tribal heart of India.

Which is the first largest tribe in India?

The Gond comprise the largest tribal group of India with a population exceeding 12 million. Linguistically, the Gond belong to the Gondi–Manda subgroup of the South Central branch of the Dravidian language family.

Which is the dominant tribal group in Telangana?

Gonds are one of the dominant tribal groups found in Adilabad District of Telangana. The Naikpod is mentioned along with Raj Gonds in the approved list of STs. But in tribal areas of Adilabad District, Naikpod is a separate tribe.

Which is the largest hunting tribe in Telangana?

The food gathering and hunting tribe of Telangana constitute their traditional habitat the foot hills of Nallamalai spread in Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda Districts and also found in few villages of Ranga Reddy District of Telangana. Their population according to 2011 census is 16,912 and recognised as PvTG by Govt. of India in the year 1975-76.

Which is the largest Adivasi tribe in Telangana?

Koya tribe is the largest adivasi tribe of Telangana. The community is spread across the telugu speaking states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. In Telangana they are spread in erstwhile districts of Khammam and Warangal. The population of Koyas is 381354 as per 2011 census.

What is the population of Kolam tribe in Telangana?

Their population according to 2011 census is 24,776. Kolams are predominantly found in tribal areas of Adilabad district of Telangana. They live in exclusive settlements in interior forests and mountainous tracts. Their population according to 2011 census is 44,805.