Nutritional Status of Tribal Women; Post Independence: A Matter of Great Concern

India as a country is a natural land of Tribes. According to Census 2011, there are 10.4 million tribe population is living in India covering almost 60% of forest area. There are gaps between the health outcomes of India’s tribal population vis- a-vis general population. Maternal Mortality, under 5-year mortality and malnutrition are much higher among tribal groups, in addition to a higher incidence of malaria, tuberculosis, several other communicable diseases and genetic diseases like sickle cell anemia. Yet tribal population get treatment same as rural population in spite of having different health care needs and ultimately makes them vulnerable to malnutrition, morbidity and mortality. Lack of infrastructure, connectivity, health care facilities and low education rate makes the overall situation more complicated. Because of such adverse conditions’ girls, women and children are major sufferers. The present paper emphasized on nutritional status of tribal women of 15-49 years age group. They still believe in supernatural powers in cure and treatment of health-related problems and on the other side they are highly inclined towards forests and nature which ultimately impacting the health conditions of tribes particularly women at large.