Particularly vulnerable tribal group

Particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) (earlier: Primitive tribal group) is a government of India classification created with the purpose of enabling improvement in the conditions of certain communities with particularly low development indices.^[1]

The Dhebar Commission (1960-1961)^[2] stated that within Scheduled Tribes there existed an inequality in the rate of development. During the fourth Five Year Plan a sub-category was created within Scheduled Tribes to identify groups that considered to be at a lower level of development. This was created based on the Dhebar Commission report and other studies. This sub-category was named "Primitive tribal group". The features of a such a group include a pre-agricultural system of existence, that is practice of hunting and gathering, zero or negative population growth, extremely low level of literacy in comparison with other tribal groups.^[3][4]

Groups that satisfied any one of the criterion were considered as PTG. At the conclusion of the Fifth Five year plan, 52 communities were identified as being a "primitive tribal group", these communities were identified on the basis of recommendations made by the respective state governments.^[3][4] At the conclusion of the Sixth Five year plan 20 groups were added and 2 more in the Seventh Five year plan, one more group was added in the eighth five-year plan, making a total 75 groups were identified as PTG.^[5] The 75th group recognised as PTG were the Maram in Manipur in 1993-94. No new group was declared as PTG on the basis of the 2001 census.^[6]

In 2006 the government of India proposed to rename "Primitive tribal group" as Particularly vulnerable tribal group".^[7] PTG has since been renamed Particularly vulnerable tribal group by the government of India.^[8]

NAME OF THE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TRIBAL GROUPS (PTGs) (EARLIER CALLED AS PRIMITIVE TRIBAL GROUPS) - STATES / UT WISE.^[9]

Name of the States /UT	Name of Primitive Tribal Group	Population as per 2001 Census (Figures in actual)
Andhra Pradesh	1. Bodo Gadaba	-
	2. Bondo Porja	-
	3. Chenchu	49232
	4. Dongria Khond	-
	5. Gutob Gadaba	-
	6. Khond Porja	-
	7. Kolam	-
	8. Konda Reddi	-
	9. Konda Savara	83096
	10. Kutia Khond	-
	11. Parengi Porja	-
	12. Thoti	2074
	Total	134402
Bihar & Jharkhand		Bihar	Jharkhand
	13. Asur	181	10347
	14. Birhor	406	7514
	15. Birjia	17	5356
	16. Hill Kharia	-	-
	17. Korwas	703	27177
	18. Mal Paharia	4631	115093
	19. Parhaiya	2429	20786
	20. Sauria Paharia	585	31050
	21. Savar	420	6004
	Total	9372	223327
Gujarat	22. Kathodi	5820
	23. Kolgha	-
	24. Kotwalia	-
	25. Padhar	22421
	26. Siddi	8662
	Total	36903
Karnataka	27. Jenu Kuruba	29828
	28. Koraga	16071
	Total	45899
Kerala	29. Cholanaikayan	-
	30. Kadar	2145
	31. Kattunayakan	14715
	32. Koraga	1152
	33. Kurumba	2174
	Total	20186
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh		Madhya Pradesh	Chhattisgarh
	34. Abujh Maria	-	-
	35. Baiga	332936	6993
	36. Bharia	152470	88981
	37. Birhor	143	1744
	38. Hill Korwa	-	-
	39. Kamar	2424	23113
	40. Saharia	450217	561
	Total	938190	121392
Maharashtra	41. Kathodi	235022
	42. Kolam	173646
	43. Maria Gond	-
	Total	408668
Manipur	44. Maram Naga	1225
Orissa	45. Birhor	702
	46. Bondo	9378
	47. Chuktia Bhunjia	-
	48. Didayi	7371
	49. Dongria Khond	-
	50. Juang	41339
	51. Kharia	188331
	52. Kutia Khond	-
	53. Lanjia Saura	-
	54. Lodha	8905
	55. Mankidia	1050
	56. Paudi Bhuyan	-
	57. Sauura	473233
	Total	730309
Rajasthan	58. Saharia	-
Tamil Nadu	59. Irular	155606
	60. Kattu Nayakan	45227
	61. Korumba	-
	62. Kota	925
	63. Paniyan	9121
	64. Toda	1560
	Total	165103
Tripura	65. Riang	165103
Uttar Pradesh & Uttrakhand		Uttar Pradesh	Uttrakhand
	66. Buksa	4367	46771
	67. Raji	998	517
	Total	5365	47288
West Bengal	68. Birhor	1017
	69. Lodha	84966
	70. Toto	-
	Total	85983
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	71. Great Andamanese	43
	72. Jarawa	240
	73. Onge	96
	74. Sentinelese	39
	75. Shom Pen	254
	Total	672
All India	Grand Total	3262960

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