There are 42 tribal communities included in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Chattisgarh. There is bewildering variation in population size of the individual Scheduled Tribes in Chhattisgarh ranging from 411 Mawasi to 31 ,52,237 Gonds. The other tribes with strength of more than 5 lakhs are Kanwar (6,47,659) and Oraon (5,30,406). Gond is the principle tribe of‘ Chhatti sgarh as well as India too. Gonds along with Kanwar and Oraon tribes constitute about 75% of the total tribal population of Chhattisgarh.