The Sahariya, the only Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group of Rajasthan, live mainly in which district?
- A.Baran
- B.Pratapgarh
- C.Dungarpur
- D.Jalore
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Baran. The Sahariya live in the Shahabad and Kishanganj tehsils of Baran district in south eastern Rajasthan, a forested tract on the edge of the Hadoti plateau. They have traditionally lived by collecting gum, honey, tendu leaf and other forest produce and by labour, their hamlet is called a sahrana and their hut a topa, and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs counts them as the state's only Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group.
Option B, Pratapgarh, and option C, Dungarpur, are Bhil districts of southern Rajasthan with large tribal populations but no Sahariya concentration. Option D, Jalore, in the west, had the lowest literacy of any district in 2011 but is not a tribal district at all. Baran and the Sahariya should be memorised as a single pair.
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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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