STUDY ON COMPARATIVE HEALTH STATUS OF SELECTED SANTHAL & SABAR TRIBES IN NORTH BENGAL REGION OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA

ABSTRACT Aim of the study: The study was conducted to reveal the prevailing health status of two primitive Santhal and Sabour tribes of northern region i.e. DakshinDinajpur district in West Bengal, India. Methodology/Design: In this study, Purposive sampling method was adopted. Blocks wereselecteddue to their socio-economic backwardness and tribal dominancy in the district as well as state of West Bengal. In the district, from each Santhal and Sabar tribes 40 numbers of sample populations were randomly selected. The collected data was computed and analysed by various statistical methods. Findi... Mehr ...