Rural Forest Environment

Due to living in forests

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

From living in the forest

— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

By living in the forest

— अमर जीत · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Due to living in forest and hilly areas

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Due to living in the forest and lack of water.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

By living in a secluded place in the forests

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Living in the forest and enduring hardships, whether it is building a home to use herbs for treating illnesses, or making a living by eating fruits and flowers, or for this.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Due to living in the forest and illiteracy, our society is like this.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Reside in geographical areas such as mountains and forests.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Tribal people generally live in forests, live in hills, eat forest products, so they lead a different life from ordinary people.

— Kunakanta Behera · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

Tribal people are so marginalized that their rights are snatched away, they are oppressed, and that's why they go and live in the forest. However, even in the forest, people are encroaching. No living arrangements are provided to them.

— Chanda

Tribal people often live in forests and eat many things that we don't know.

— Chanda

Indigenous people mostly live in the forest, their attachment is to the forest itself, that's why they reside on the edge of the forest and their life

— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Villagers are not allowed to enter the forest. They have to go there for their needs, whether it's wood, tubers, or medicinal herbs. The forest is a problem, as they are not allowed to enter it.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey

Our community lives by building homes in the forests, hunting wild animals, and sustaining themselves by eating tamarind, mango, guava, and other produce found in the forest. Thus, they belong to a different way of life.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Tribes live in forests and make a living by killing animals.

— Chanda

Our society is like this due to living in the forest and education.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

My tribal people, living in the forest far from the city and making food from forest produce.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

The heritage of the tribals was the forest.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

in secluded places in forests

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Our tribal communities live their lives on the edge of the forest.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

People of their caste live in huts in remote mountain areas and dense forests, far from civilization, which makes them distinct. Their diet is also natural, which also sets them apart.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We tribals cut down forests to build our homes and live in the forest itself. From the forest, we get roots, flowers, and delicious fruits, and we sustain our lives from them, and we also do farming.

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Our tribe lives in the forest, far from villages and cities, and for food, they eat mahua, dori, koyna, this street, etcetera, kola.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In our caste, among the lower castes, it is a widespread and significant issue that people, without relying on societal provisions, choose to live their own lives independently in the forest.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In ancient times, people used to depend on the forest for their livelihood. But now, since the forest has become depleted, they are no longer able to get tubers, leaves, fruits, and roots from the forest. Therefore, the forest in greater quantity...

— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha

People of our caste live far from here in their mountainous region, building huts, and of the forest

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

They have been living there for a long time. Now, there have been changes in the forest. Valuable trees are not found. Animals and birds are no longer in the forest. Everything is gone.

— Trinath badanayak · Malakanagiri, Malkangiri, Odisha

Forest land

— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Forest Food

— Abhimaneu Sabar

Forest food

— Abhimaneu Sabar

Due to living conditions

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We are all tribal people, we live in forests. We collect our food from the forests. With that, we sustain ourselves. This is indeed our life's goal.

— KusaPradhani · Anakabadi, Rayagada, Odisha

Tribal people used to build homes after cutting down forests and used herbs, fruits, and food from the forest. And they used to drink Chuwada water. That's why tribal people are different.

— Chanda

Our caste lives in the jungle, far from villages and cities, and consumes things from the jungle, and that is why they are different.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We tribals are completely different from other castes; our ancestors used to live in forests and sustained themselves by eating fruits, flowers, etc., from the forest.

— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Residents in the forest bushes have a business of various medicinal plants, and they benefit from it for food.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

The Makadia tribe's life and livelihood depend on the forest. They live by gathering and selling fruits, flowers, roots, medicinal herbs, and mushrooms from the forest as food. They respect whatever their elders say. When food in one forest runs out, they move to another forest.

— Anirudha Marai

People of our caste mostly leave the city and live in villages, far away in forests and mountains, building houses and living there. And they hunt wild animals. And al

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Name Bira Madhi, Village Kutiguda, GP Mariwada, District Malkangiri. They were living by collecting their livelihood from the forest.

— Mukunda Madkami · Pujariguda, Malkangiri, Odisha