Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Tribes in India (5 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I: South: Preface. 1. Tribes in South India: an introduction. 2. Tribes of Andhra Pradesh. 3. Tribes of Karnataka. 4. Tribes of Kerala. 5. Tribes of Tamil Nadu. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. II: North: Preface. 1. Tribes of Haryana. 2. Tribes of Himachal Pradesh. 3. Tribes of Jammu Kashmir. 4. Tribes of Madhya Pradesh. 5. Tribes of Punjab. 6. Tribes of Rajasthan. 7. Tribes of Uttaranchal. 8. Tribes of Uttar Pradesh. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. III: West: Preface. 1. Tribes of Gujarat. 2. Tribes of Goa. 3. Tribes of Maharashtra. 4. Tribes of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. 5. Tribes of Daman and Diu. 6. Dams and tribal people. 7. Constitutional safeguards for tribes. 8. Tribes and government. 9. The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of atrocities) Act, 1989: i. Preliminary. ii. Offences of atrocities. iii. Externment. iv. Special court. 5. Miscellaneous. 10. The Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of forest rights) Bill, 2005: ii. Forest rights. iii. Rights of forest Dwelling scheduled tribes. iv. Authorities and procedure for vesting of forest rights. v. Offence and penalties. vi. Miscellaneous. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. IV: East: Preface. 1. Tribes of Andaman and Nicobars. 2. Tribnes of Bihar. 3. Tribes of Chhattisgarh. 4. Tribes of Jharkhand. 5. Tribes of Orissa. 6. Tribal development in Orissa. 7. Tribes of West Bengal. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. V: North-East: Preface. 1. Tribal in North-east India. 2. Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. 3. Tribes of Assam. 4. Tribes of Manipur. 5. Tribes of Meghalaya. 6. Tribes of Mizoram. 7. Tribes of Nagaland. 8. Tribes of Sikkim. 9. Tribes of Tripura. Bibliography. Index.

"India is one of the countries having a large concentration of tribal population. In this, it ranks second in the world and comes next only to Africa. There are 537 different tirbal communities spread all over India. According to the 2001 census, tribal peoples constitute roughly 8 per cent of the nation\'s total population, i.e., over 84 million people.

This encyclopaedic work in five volumes covers almost all related and relevant information about the scheduled tribes of India. The vast and detailed information contained in the this work makes it an ideal and invaluable reference tool for the confirmation of sociological, anthropological, ethnological, historical , and cultural facts about the scheduled tribes spread all over the Indian subcontinent.

This comprehensive, exclusive and exhaustive work will be an invaluable reference tool for scholars, researchers, planners, administrators, policy makers, government officials and others concerned with scheduled tribes and their development." (jacket)