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Jarawa Tribe in Electoral roll
December 3 , 2024
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- For the first time in the history of India's election process, 19 members from the Jarawa Tribe had been included on the electoral roll.
- The Jarawas are the inhabitants of the western coast of Middle Andaman and the South Andaman Islands.
- The first friendly contact with the tribe was made in 1974.
- Jarawas continue to be hunting and gathering nomadic tribes.
- They hunt wild pigs and monitor lizards with bows and arrows.
- Unlike Onges and Andamanese, Jarawas do not use dogs for hunting.
- The population of Jarawas is 380 as per the census of 2011.
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