Demographic inequality among the tribal and non-tribal community in Nasik district of Maharashtra State

Kisan Algur; Ajay Gawari; Kishor Mohan

Kisan Algur Ph. D. Scholar, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Govandi Station Road, Deonar, Mumbai – 40008, Maharashtra, India
Ajay Gawari Department of Geography, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune411007 Maharashtra, India
Kishor Mohan Master Student, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Govandi Station Road, Deonar, Mumbai – 40008, Maharashtra, India

Keywords: Demography, non-tribal’s, sex ratio, work participation rate

Abstract

Demography of tribal people cannot materialize huge in India’s overall demographic status; demographic structures in tribal peoples have often been distinct and distinguished both in historical and comparative outlooks. Nasik is one of the socio-economically growing districts in Maharashtra. It has a potential to develop various sector like education, social, economic, environmental, etc. There is a need to comparative study with some demographic characteristics of tribal and non-tribal population Nasik district. However, the purpose of analysis for this study has done with the help descriptive statistics basedon Census of India (2001 and 2011). The study underlined that is sex ratio and child sex ratio lead by Tribal population comparatively to the Non-Tribal population, but in the concern of literacy, NonTribal are driving as compared to the Tribal people in all sub-districts of Nashik District. Work Participation rate found high among Tribal as compared to Non-tribal. Also, the same result found in percent of main workers, but marginal workers found high among Non-Tribal comparatively by Tribal population in Nashik district.

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