Adivasi
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39 sectionsContents
- Definition and etymology
- Demographics
- History
- Origin
- Ancient and medieval period
- British period (c. 1857 – 1947)
- Participation in Indian independence movement
- Adivasi group
- Language
- Literature
- Religion
- Animism
- Donyi-Polo
- Sarnaism
- Other tribal animist
- Hinduism
- Adivasi roots of modern Hinduism
- Adivasi saints
- Sages
- Maharishis
- Avatars
- Other tribals and Hinduism
- Brahmanization and Rajputization
- Demands for a separate religious code
- Education
- Economy
- Ecological threats
- Issue and politics
- Demands for tribal classification
- Endogamy, exogamy and ethnogenesis
- Other criteria
- Constitutional safeguards for Scheduled Tribes
- Particularly vulnerable tribal groups
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|right|Dance of the Kurukh people, a tribe in eastern India
The Adivasi (also spelled Adibasi) are the heterogeneous tribal groups across the Indian subcontinent. The term Adivasi, a 20th-century construct meaning "ancient inhabitants", is now widely used as a self-designation by many of the communities who are officially recognized as "Scheduled Tribes" in India and as "Ethnic minorities" in Bangladesh. They constitute approximately 8.6% of India's population (around 104.2 million, according to the 2011 Census) and about 1.1% of Bangladesh's population (roughly 2 million, 2010 estimate).