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The State of Jharkhand is bestowed with 32 scheduled tribal communities segregated on the basis of their culture and living habits. Their population in the state as per 2001 census is estimated at 7,087,068 constituting of 26.3 per cent of the total population (26,945,829) of the entire State. The 2011 Census reported a count of 8,645,042 Scheduled tribes of a total population of 32,988,134 showing an emerging population in the state. The Tribes are primarily rural inhabitant consisting of 91.7 per cent of the village population. Among all the other Indian States Jharkhand holds rank 6th in terms of the congregation of the Scheduled tribal communities. Amongst the 32 enlisted tribes Paharia are treated as Scheduled Tribe by the governments of West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand. Primarily they represent the Dravidian ethnic linage who were socially and educationally of highly backward status in the State. This tribe preserves protoastroloid species. They are the original inhabitants of the than Rajmahal Hills, now popularly known as Santhal Pargana Division of Jharkhand.