Impact Assessment of Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) Project on Socio economic Status of Tribal of Tinsukia District, Assam, India
Tinsukia is one of the most important city of Assam, located in upper Assam area. The population of the Tinsukia district is 1,327,929 with 268598 households. The literacy rate of the district is 70.92 per cent 1 The livelihood of the people based tea plantation and agriculture such as orange, lemon, ginger, paddy and people are also working in coal mines and oil fields. Fifteen numbers of tribes are reported from Assam 2 The major tribal communities of Tinsukia district are Ahoms, Sutiya, Moran, Muttock, Singpho, Nepali etc. including minor tribes like Tai Phake, Khamyang, Nocte etc. Being a basic human being, most of the tribal communities are residing in the isolation i.e. away from the urban area (advance social groups) particularly in forest areas where limited resources of development are available. Tribal are extremely poor, no understanding of society, very sigh and hesitate to intermingle with other advance society like urban and rural 3 These are the well known characteristics of tribal communities. Tribal are socioeconomically very backward as compared to general population, even schedule caste and other back ward classes 4 No Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) are found in Assam 2 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319 7706 Volume 8 Number 04 (2019) Journal homepage: http:/www.ijcmas.com
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences