In addition, Kerala is home to 321,000 indigenous tribal Adivasis (1.10% of the populace).
Dilip Tirkey was born to Vincent Tirkey an Oraon, Adivasi and former Oriya hockey player and Regina Tirkey on 24 November 1977.
In olden times, the castes which were considered high in the Hindu caste hierarchy i.e. Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas, were well-educated and financially sound, while the lower castes i.e. Shudras, Dalits and Adivasis, were discriminated by the upper castes and denied education due to their low birth.
Oceania: the Tjapukai in Australasia, the tribes of West Papua - the Adivasis, Chenchu and Kurumba of the Indian subcontinent, the Kwaio and Landalanga on Malaita in the south west Pacific, (commonly referred to as Negritos)
These valleys have productive soil but were dangerously malarial except to indigenous Tharu people who had genetic resistance.
Languages include Bhunjia, spoken by approximately 7000 Bhunjia Adivasis.
On invitation from the district authorities, they moved to Ganjam district in 1976 to begin work with adivasi communities.
Warli painting is a tribal art mostly done by Adivasi from North Sahyadri Range in India (Dahanu, Talasari, Jawhar, Palghar, Mokhada, and Vikramgadh).