Write a paragraph on adivasis.

Adivasi is the collective term for  of the  who are considered  to places within  wherein they live, either as foragers or as tribalistic sedentary communities. The term is also used for ethnic minorities, such as  of  Gond women,   at a meeting about land rights. Access to traditional lands and forests are some of the most important issues for Adivasi communities today. They comprise a substantial minority population of India, making up 8.6% of  population, or 104.2 million people, according to the  Adivasi societies are particularly prominent in  Though considered to be the original inhabitants of India, many present-day Adivasi communities formed after the decline of the  , harboring various degrees of ancestry from ancient  and  language speakers Tribal languages can be categorised into six linguistic groupings, namely  and  Adivasi studies is a new scholarly field, drawing upon archaeology, anthropology, agrarian history, environmental history, subaltern studies, indigenous studies, aboriginal studies, and developmental economics. It adds debates that are specific to the Indian context

Thank you Yogita Ingle

The term ‘adivasi’ literally means ‘original inhabitants’ – are communities who lived, and often continue to live, in close association with forests. Around 8 per cent of India’s population is Adivasi and many of India’s most important mining and industrial centres are located in Adivasi areas. Adivasis are not a homogeneous population: there are over 500 different Adivasi groups in India. Adivasi societies are also most distinctive because there is often very little hierarchy among them. This makes them radically different from communities organised around principles of jati-varna (caste) or those that were ruled by kings.