Important Tribal Groups of India

Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups considered the aboriginal population of South Asia. Adivasi make up 8.6% ofIndia's population or 104 million according to the 2011 census and 40% of Nepalese population.

The same term Adivasi is used for the ethnic minorities of Bangladesh, the native Madhesi people of Madhesh region of Nepaland also to the native Vedda people of Sri Lanka (Sinhalese: ආදී වාස). The word is also used in the same sense in Nepal, as is another word, janajati (Nepali:जनजाति; janajāti),

List of Tribal Groups in India-

Tribes	Regions
Abors	Arunachal Pradesh
Aptanis	Arunachal Pradesh
Badagas	Nilgiri (TN)
Baiga	Madhya Pradesh
Bhils	Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, some in Gujarat and Maharashtra
Bhot	Himachal Pradesh
Bhotias	Garhwal and Kumaon regions of U. P.
Chakma	Tripura
Chenchus	Andhra Pradesh, Orissa
Gaddis	Himachal Pradesh
Garos	Meghalaya
Gonds	Madhya Pradesh. Also in Bihar, Orissa and A.P.
Gujjars	Himachal Pradesh, J&K
Jarawas	Andaman & Nicobar inhabiting Little Andamans
Khas	Jaunsar-Babar area in U.P.

Khasis	Assam, Meghalaya
Kol	Madhya Pradesh
Kotas	Nilgiri (Tamil Nadu)
Kuki	Manipur
Lepchas	Sikkim
Lushais	Mizoram
Murias	Bastar (Madhya Pradesh)
Mikirs	Assam
Mundas	Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal
Nagas (Angami, Sema, Ao, Tangkul, Lahora)	Nagaland, some in Assam and NEFA region.
Oarons (also called Kurukh)	Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal.
Onges	Andaman and Nicobar islands
Santals	Birbhum region in Bengal, Hazaribagh, Purnea in Bihar, Orissa
Sentinelese	Sentinel Island, Andaman and Nicobar
Shompens	Andaman and Nicobar
Todas	Nilgiri (Tamil Nadu)
Uralis	Kerala
Warlis	Maharashtra

See also:

• Famous Tribal Groups in the World
• Indian Classical Folk Dances
• Indian Classical Languages