The Garasia tribe of Rajasthan is concentrated in which part of the state?
- A.Abu Road and Pindwara in Sirohi
- B.Shahabad in Baran
- C.Nagaur and Didwana
- D.Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Abu Road and Pindwara in Sirohi. The Garasia are the third largest tribe of Rajasthan and live on the southern slopes of the Aravalli, in the Abu Road and Pindwara tracts of Sirohi and in Kotra and Jhadol in Udaipur, with some in Pali. The Valar and the Lur are their characteristic dances.
Option B, Shahabad in Baran, is Sahariya country in the south east. Option C, Nagaur and Didwana, lie in the dry interior plain and have little tribal population. Option D, Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh, are the canal irrigated districts of the north with a largely farming population drawn from Punjab and Haryana as well as Rajasthan. The Garasia belong only to the Aravalli south. A quick map of the tribal south is worth carrying into the hall: Bhil in Banswara, Dungarpur and Pratapgarh, Garasia in Sirohi and western Udaipur, Kathodi in the Udaipur forests and Sahariya away to the east in Baran.
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Practice Questions
View allAccording to the 2011 census, what was the rank of Rajasthan among Indian states by population?
- A.Fifth
- B.Sixth
- C.Eighth
- D.Tenth
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Rajasthan returned 6,85,48,437 people at the 2011 census, which placed it eighth among the states, behind Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh as it then was, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Read the full explanation →What was the sex ratio of Rajasthan at the 2011 census?
- A.888
- B.928
- C.940
- D.972
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The sex ratio is the number of females per thousand males, and Rajasthan recorded 928 in 2011, below the national figure of that census.
Read the full explanation →At the 2011 census, which district of Rajasthan had the lowest population density?
- A.Barmer
- B.Bikaner
- C.Jaisalmer
- D.Churu
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Jaisalmer was both the largest district of Rajasthan by area and the smallest by population in 2011, so its density was the lowest in the state, a figure in the teens against the state average of 201.
Read the full explanation →Which is the most numerous Scheduled Tribe of Rajasthan?
- A.Bhil
- B.Mina
- C.Garasia
- D.Sahariya
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The Mina or Meena are the largest Scheduled Tribe of Rajasthan by population, spread across the eastern districts of Jaipur, Dausa, Sawai Madhopur, Karauli and Alwar, and they were traditionally grouped into the Zamindar Mina and the Chaukidar Mina.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Rajasthan has the highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes in its population?
- A.Udaipur
- B.Banswara
- C.Baran
- D.Sirohi
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Banswara, in the Wagad region of southern Rajasthan, has the largest share of Scheduled Tribes in its population, the great majority of them Bhil, and the whole district lies in the Scheduled Areas notified under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution.
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