Darlong Community

Why in news?

• Lok Sabha has passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
• The bill sought to include the Darlong community as a subtribe of the Kuki tribal community in the list of Scheduled Tribes(STs).

About Darlong Community:

• Darlong is a tribal community of Tripura, which has a population of 11,000.
• The community has a high prevalence of education and cultural activities and members of the community serve in senior positions in the local administration.
• Traditionally, the Darlongs adopted Jhum cultivation/shifting cultivators.

Tribal Population in Tripura:

• Tripura has 20 tribal communities. Most of these tribes live in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, formed in 1982.
• The tribal council covers nearly 70% of the total area of Tripura and houses roughly 30% of the state’s population. A large majority of them still depend on slash and burn cultivation and traditional livelihood for sustenance.
• The tribal communities of the state include
  • Tripura/Tripuri, Riang, Jamatia, Noatia, Uchai, Chakma, Mog, Lushai, Kuki, Halam, Munda, Kaur, Orang, Santal, Bhil, Bhutia, Chaimal, Garo, Khasia, and Lepcha.
  • The Halam community has several small tribal clans within it. Many of these are linguistically endangered groups like Bongcher, Karbongs etc.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Darlong community, recently seen in news, is living in the state of

(a) Sikkim

(b) Odisha

(c) Tripura

(d) West Bengal

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