Status of Tribal Women in India

Abstract

The present paper discusses the status of tribal women in terms of their demography, health; education and employment. Despite constitutional protection and assurances, even after four and a half decades, their status is
found to be lower than not only that of women in the general population and the Scheduled Caste women but is also lower than the status of tribal men. It is characterised by over-work, invasion of sexually exploitative market forces in tribal society, illiteracy, sub-human physical living conditions, high fertility, high malnutrition and near women is discussed and early intervention for the tribal girl is emphasized in order to improve the status of the tribal women.