Fertility and Mortality trends in the Kharia Tribals of Orissa

Abstract

INDIA IS A VAST country with a population of more than 844 million. The tribal populations of India constitute a significant proportion of India's total population. There are more than 400 tribal population groups constituting
around 8 percent of India's total population. Most of these tribal populations across the country are faced with similar health conditions accentuated by widespread poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition, poor environmental and personal hygiene and poor maternal and child health care practices.