Demography and Population of Odisha Tribes- A...

Demography and Population of Odisha Tribes- A Statistical Study

Author Name : Dr. Deepak Kumar Routray

ABSTRACT

India’s population will cross the billion marks in the year 2020 and this represent five times growth of the population in the last fifty years. This growth has always been a matter of grave concern for planners and development workers. The study of human population is known by the two terms demography and population studies. In many cases these two terms are used interchangeably, but some scholars also try to distinguish between the two and find the correlation between them.  Broadly speaking, population studies are concerned with understanding, what are the kinds of changes taking place in the size and nature of human populations. It is also concerned with why these changes are taking place. Demography refers to the hard core analysis of numbers, while population studies look at the behavioral aspects affecting the reproductive behavior of people that is Fertility, mortality and migration, taken as three basic aspects which influence the population of a particular place and tribes. This paper study and analysed some of the debates, issues and terminology associated with population and demography of tribes in Odisha. Further an attempt is also made to place the issue of population and demography in the context of the present social reality.

Key words: demography; Odisha; population; statistical study; tribe;