Professor,Department of Education
GC University Faisalabad
Pakistan.
Email: khudabakhsh@gcuf.edu.pk
editorinchiefijmasri@gmail.com
This article mainly focused on the customs and manners of Irula Tribals in Villupuram District. India has consisted second largest tribal population next to Africa. Moreover, the fifty percent of the tribal population lived in India. The Census of 2011 has authenticated the above statement that around 8.6 percent of total population is tribals. There are 537 ethnic groups were lived in India, and 75 are declared as primitive tribals. Among them 449 tribals were lived in the forests and forest fringes and linked with the forest economy. The Irulas are speread over entire Tamil Nadu, and their profession belongs to the region where they lived. Tribals were lived both plains areas and Hilly regions in Tamil Nadu. On the path, the Irula tribals were lived both forms. The villupuram district has consisted Irulas in plain areas. Being a minor tribals groups were faced some constrains through education, job, and settlement. They are aboriginal’s faced lot of difficulties from the other communities. They are neglected and had lack of awareness, illiteracy lead their life style into hell. The tribals are the aboriginals who lived in the separate settlements in Villupruam District. They are migrated from the hills for the life and livelihood. Irulas worked the traditional ways, however, they lifestyle and their job has been changed by the modernization.
Keywords: Aboriginals, Irulas, Customs and manners, lifestyle, Primitive tribals, Villupruam District
- 2021-09-16 15:46:46 Subject Area - History
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