Question

Write differences.

Tribal community and Rural Community

Answer 1

No.	points	Tribal community	Rural community
1.	Place of Residence	The tribal community lives in clusters (padas), generally located in remote forests and hilly areas.	The rural community lives in villages. They have a sense of togetherness.
2.	Occupations	They are engaged in occupations such as hunting, fishing, food gathering of forest produce, basket making, weaving, ironsmith etc. They also practice simple agriculture and shifting cultivation.	Agriculture is the major occupation in villages. The rural community also engages in pottery, carpentry, smithy, basket- weaving, etc.
3.	Problems	They face problems such as alienation from forest land, indebtedness, bonded labour and shifting cultivation.	They face problems such as the strong influence of caste, farmers’ suicides, lower status of women and family disputes.
4.	Initiatives	The initiatives such as the construction of hostels for tribal students, research and training for tribal development, Tribal Advisory Council (TAC), etc. aim at tribal development.	The initiatives such as Community Development Programme (CDP), Panchayati Raj (Local Self Government), Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP), etc. aim at rural development.