Tribal Migration in Indian Censuses
A Neglected and Litigated Area
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15537841 |
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| Authors | Avijit Mistri (0000-0001-7297-8292, Manipur University, corresponding author), Sudarshan Singh Sardar (Manipur University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 123-135 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | MIGRATION LETTERS (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1741-8984 • E-ISSN: 1741-8992 |
| Publisher | Dewspublication (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.59670/ml.v20i2.2828 |
| OpenAlex | W4388981940 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Tribe and caste migration in Indian Censuses did not get proper attention during the colonial as well as post-independence periods. Censuses in the post-independence period have followed a conservative approach to enumerating tribes, castes and religions. The migration data on Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs) have been presented since the 2001 Census, but its scope is limited. The enumeration of inter-state migration of STs is entangled in legislative jargon. When tribes in India have dipped into severe poverty and unemployment, forcefully alienated from forests and hills, confronted development-induced displacement, and migrated by distress driven to the urban centres in distant places in search of jobs. When the demand for independent territory or statehood, such as Nagalim, Zale’n-gam and many others, consolidating the tribal inhabited areas bifurcated into three to four neighbouring states leads to insurgency and mass cross-border movement of ethnic groups. The presumption of ST migration within the jurisdiction of the State/UT of enumeration in the Censuses during the post-independence period is delusive and very irrational. The study provides insight into such limitations of Census data on tribal migration, legislative jargon and politics involved with it. It also discusses the nature of provided data on tribal migration
Census · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Genealogy · Geography · Human migration · Independence (probability theory · Internal migration · Jargon · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Population · Poverty · Sociology · State (computer science · Tribe · Demography · History · Law · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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