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Ho Tribe Of West Singhbhum Jharkhand

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  • Rani Dubey
  • Sarita Soy

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Jharkhand was created by bifurcation of the southern part of erstwhile Bihar in 2000. Jharkhand state came into existence on 15th November 2000. Jharkhand holds the 6th rank in terms of Scheduled Tribe (ST) population among the Indian States. Jharkhand is a state in Eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar. The state has an area of 79, 710 km. It shares its boundary with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Odisha to the south and West Bengal to the east. Two notable features of Jharkhand are its high proportion of ST population which is about 26. 3% against an all India average of 8% and a high percentage of area under forest cover which is about 29% against the Indian average of 23%. Jharkhand state has large number of tribal population. In order to protect the interests of scheduled tribes with regard to land alienation and other social factors provisions of the Fifth schedule has been enshrined under Article 244[1] of the constitution of India. This study deals with the tradition and customs of HO Tribe of west singhbhum district Key Words: Jharkhand, population, scheduled trib

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  • Rani Dubey & Sarita Soy, 2021. "Ho Tribe Of West Singhbhum Jharkhand," Working papers 2021-38-06, Voice of Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:vor:issues:2021-38-06
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