Socio-economic and demographic profile of the hill korwas in Sarguja district, Chhattisgarh: An anthropological study

Present study has been carried out with aim to know the Socio-economic and demographic profile of Hill Korwas, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) of Chhattisgarh. A total of 307 families from Sarguja district were randomly selected and head of households were interviewed for data collection. The Sex ratio of studied people is 844 which are below national average and it is not a good sign. It was found from the study that 50.79% are married and 45.85% are un-married. There is more number of non-literates (57.9%) than literates (42.1%),and only 35.18% females are literates in the studied villages. It is observed that, 21.8% households are getting Rs.2000/- to Rs.2500/- per month. About 16.0% households have the monthly income between Rs 2500/- to Rs 3000/-. The average family size among the studied population is 3.51. The majority of the studied households (66.8%) have Kuccha houses. 45.9% households are consuming poor quality water. It was found that 70.7% households are landless and 29.3% households are having land. In conclusion, the study revealed that Hill Korwas’ Socio-economic status is very poor. They need opportunities to develop their socio-economic status.