State of the people Residing inside Similipal Forest, Odisha, India
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2022/v148i9/166688Keywords:
Similipal, Biosphere and tiger reserve, NTFP, Core area villages, Socio-economic condition, Village relocation, Implementation of Forest Right ActAbstract
Similipal forest is situated in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, India. It is both atiger reserve and a biosphere reserve notified in 1973 and 1994 respectively
by Government of India. The tribes residing in the district of Mayurbhanj are
Bathudi, Bhumija, Kharia, Kolha, Mankidia, Munda, Santal, Bindhani and
others. There are 62 villages inside Similipal (four in the core and 58 in the
buffer zone of the reserve) and about 1200 villages located in the transitional
zone. The people in and around Similipal lead a subsistence living. The study
reveals that there is extreme poverty, unavailability of schools and
remoteness of tribal habitations in the core area. But there is an increase in
per capita income and a decent living for the families of relocated community.
Simultaneously, wild animals found extensive inviolate area for movement
and reproduction in the core area of Similipal reserve from where human
habitation is relocated.
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