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World Indigenous Peoples, there are over 476 million indigenous peoples living in 90 countries across the world, accounting for 6.2 per cent of the global population. Indigenous peoples are the holders of unique cultures, traditions and knowledge systems and have a special relationship with their lands and hold diverse concepts of development based on their own worldviews and priorities.

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India demographic profile of Scheduled Tribes areas cover are in 30 States/UTs. The Scheduled Tribe population in India is 104.4 Million as per the 2011 census. They constitute 8.63% of the total population of India.  The total number of individual ethnic groups etc. notified as Scheduled Tribes is 705.  

 

Andhra Pradesh demographic profile of Scheduled Tribes:  In the State the scheduled areas cover (5) districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, covering (36) Mandals with (4,765) villages. The Scheduled Tribe population in the State is 27.39 lakhs as per 2011 census. They constitute 5.53% of the total population of the State. There are (34) Scheduled Tribes, out of which (6) tribal groups are categorized as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).  Scheduled Areas: Andhra Pradesh is covered under the provisions of the 5th  Schedule of the Constitution of India.  Under the 5th Schedule the District Collector of the district acts as the Agent to the Governor and the Project Officer, ITDA of the district acts as the Additional Agent to the Governor for ensuring peace and good governance in tribal areas.

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Manyapragathi association, Certificate of Registration No. 181 of 2014 (many, aboriginal/indigenous people inhabiting place; pragathi, development; association, the community of network) is a non-governmental, and non-profit organization, working for Indigenous people welfare, Indigenous people rights, cultural heritage,  environment, biodiversity, and forest conservation.

Indigenous people are born and grow as children of nature. From the historical point of view, they have been subjected to the most awful type of exploitation social. They are practically deprived of many civic facilities and isolated from modern and civilized ways of living for so many centuries. Therefore, most of these tribal groups have been living in an object of poverty for a long. In relation to protecting Indigenous people from exploitation and bridging the gap in the levels of development between tribal areas and plain areas.

 

The main motto of Manya Pragathi is to ensure the welfare of Indigenous peoples including cultural heritage, strengthen tribal education, tribal rights, health care, drinking water, sanitation, socio-economic, socio-technical development.

In addition to foster an environment, climate change, global warming, biodiversity, restoration of ecosystem, wildlife protection, and forest & conservation.

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