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Young people from the Bondas tribal group have been forced to leave their pristine hamlets for low ­paid jobs in distant towns of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and States even farther.

Bondas

• The Bonda people, living in hilltop villages on the Kondakamberu mountain range in Odisha, are one of the 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in the state.
• The Bonda people, scattered across 32 remote hilltop villages on the Kondakamberu mountain range of the Eastern Ghats in the Malkangiri district of Odisha.
• They are a scheduled tribe of India and are also known as the Remo (meaning “people” in the Bonda language).
• They are believed to be part of the first wave of migration out of Africa about 60,000 years ago. They were the first forest settlers in India.
• As per the 2011 census, the population of the Bonda community was 12,231 in which females outnumbered the males.

Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups

• There are a total of 75 PVTGs in India 
• PVTGs reside in 18 States and UT of A&N Islands.
• PVTGs are more vulnerable among the tribal groups. Due to this factor, more developed and assertive tribal groups take a major chunk of the tribal development funds, because of which PVTGs need more funds directed for their development.

Source: The Hindu