Tribal Population of Chattisgarh

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.