Socio-economic status of some selected tribes in west bengal, India

The present study about socio-economic status of four different tribes of West Bengal was conducted with the objective to know the present socio-economic status of different Tribal sub castes. The study was conducted in four Blocks in two purposively selected districts of West Bengal. In each Block data were collected from one Tribal sub caste. From each tribal sub caste 100 numbers of samples were collected so the total sample size were 400. After the collection of data it was analyzed statistically to get the result. In the result it, was found that the four tribal sub castes under study were very much different socio-economically. Santhal and Toto had multi dimensional livelihood options where as Sabar and Oraon basically worked as labor. Among all the tribal sub castes under study, Sabar had low socio-economic status among them as well as their literacy level were also very low. They their life style, livelihood, habitat had so much differences which reflect and behavioral pattern.