Nutritional Status of Tribes in the Indravati River Basin

Thirty eight million tribals in India constitute seven per cent of the population and the largest group of aboriginals in any country'. Problems of socioeconomic developments of this group have received considerable attention in the post independence India. Nutritionists have also been interested in studying this social group. It is generally recognised that as a result of extreme poverty, intake of various essential constituents of food may be inadequate among tribals in India and abroad.