Indian Geography / Settlements in India

Primitive Tribal Groups in India and the World

The most populous primitive tribal groups in India are Gonds of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana and Maharastra, Bhils of North Gujarat and adjacent Rajasthan, Santals, Oraons and Mundas of Jharkhand, Meenas and Gujjars of Rajasthan and adjoining states and Nagas of North-East India ( largest tribe of NE India ).

Primitive Tribes of India

Adiyan or Eravas – Kerala Hills, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Apatani – Arunachal Pradesh
Adi – Arunachal Pradesh
Aimol – Manipur
Baiga – Madhya Pradesh
Bakarwal ( nomads ) – Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh
Bishnoi – Rajasthan
Bodo – Assam
Buksa – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
Bhutia – Sikkim, Uttarakhand
Chakma – Tripura, Assam, West Bengal
Charan – Gujarat
Chenchu – Andhra Pradesh
Gaddi – Himachal Pradesh
Garo – Meghalaya
Gujjars – Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Hakki Pikki – Karnataka
Ho – Jharkhand
Lahauli – Himachal Pradesh
Lepcha – Sikkim, Darjeeling Hills
Mishmi – Arunachal Pradesh
Momba – Arunachal Pradesh
Mao – Nagaland
Naik – Goa, Karnataka
Munda – Jharkhand
Savara – North coastal Andhra Pradesh, Odisha
Khond – Odisha
Sugali / Lambada – Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
Tharu – Uttar Pradesh
Toda – Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu
Kadar – Kerala Hills
Puliyan – Kerala Hills
Varli or Warli – Maharashtra, Gujarat
Wancho – Arunachal Pradesh
Yobin – Arunachal Pradesh
Sangma – Meghalaya
Jarawa, Onge, Nicobarese, Sentinelese, Shompen - Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Primitive Tribes of the World

Inuit / Eskimos ( live in Igloos ) - Alaska, North Canada, Greenland, Iceland
Blackfoot, Crow, Cree - USA ( Central Plains )
Lacandon - Central America ( Mexico, Guatemala, Belize )
Berber, Maghreb - Northern Africa ( Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco )
Fulani - West African countries
Nubian - Egypt, Sudan
Maasai ( pastoral nomads ) - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
Hausa – Nigeria
Bantu – Angola
Bushman / San – Kalahari desert region of Namibia, Botswana
Pygmies ( short stature people ) – Congo
Tuareg ( camel riders ) - Libya, Chad
Zulu, Hottentot - South Africa
Bedouin / Bedu ( horse riders who live in yurts, made up of animal skin ) - Arabian Desert
Kirghiz or Kyrgyz – Central Asian steppes
Yakut – Siberia ( Central and Eastern )
Chukchi tribe – North Eastern Siberia
Sami – Scandinavian region ( Norway, Sweden )
Finns – Finland
Uyghur – West china, North China
Pashtuns – Afghanistan and West Pakistan
Baloch – Balochistan region of Pakistan
Semang – Malaysia
Siamese – Thailand
Mon – Myanmar
Kachin – Myanmar
Khmer – Cambodia
Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, Asmat – Indonesia
Bindibu – Australia
Tasmanian – Tasmania in Australia
Maoris – New Zealand