LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 21:11 November 2021
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Literacy and Demographic Aspects of Kurumbar of
Palakkad District of Kerala

Dr. Syam S K

Abstract

Aspects of Literacy rate and Educational developments are the key variables in the case of demographic deviations. It is worthwhile mentioning that the list of scheduled tribes in Kerala had undergone drastic changes during the decade 2001-011, resulting in change in proportion of scheduled Tribes. The entire literacy rate of scheduled tribe according to 2001 Census has increased from 57.2% recorded at 1991 Census to 64.4%. In 2011 Census the literacy rate is 74.04%. Growth of Literacy and Education has a valuable role in every sphere of life such as population. This paper deals with preliminary study on population and literacy and its connection with education of Kadar and Kurumbar Community in Palakkad District.

Keywords: Kurumbar, Literacy, Demographic, Census, Tribe, Vulnerable, Mother tongue, Endangerment

Introduction

The popular term ‘tribe’ is derived from the Latin expression ‘tribus’, Umbrian trifu, linguistic terms designating Indo- European institutions. In the old form they designated a peculiar kind of social and political organization existing in the society. The term was used to refer to the largest kind of social and political group which existed before the appearance of the state. It was Lewis Morgan, in the middle of 19thcentury attempted to analyze this in terms of science in his Systems of consanguinity and affinity of the entire human Family (1871). India has the largest tribal community population in the world. One of the Indian state, Andhra Pradesh has the largest tribal concentration in southern India. The tribal heritage constitutes the fruitful component of the cultural heritage of Kerala. The tribal population is found in almost every part of the world. Tribes are believed to be the earliest settlers in Indian Peninsula.

According to 2011 Census of India, The Tribal population is 8.6 % of the entire population of India, which is 104.2 million of the total population. According to the rate of literacy of scheduled tribes in India by NSSO, 2010 is 63.1%. In India, most tribal concentrated states are Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Gujarat, and Jharkhand.

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Dr. Syam S K.
drsyamsk@gmail.com
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics
School of Indian Languages, University of Kerala
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