SOCIO-ECONOMIC LIFE STYLE OF THE HO TRIBE: A CASE STUDY IN MAYURBHANJ DISTRICT OF ODISHA

This paper established the Socio-economic life style of the Ho tribe. Their main occupation is agricultural activities and their economic activities are agriculture, animal husbandry, forest resources, handcraft and handloom and seasonal migrations. The data was collected from 60 respondents in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. Primary data were gathered through personal interviews, observations, and indirect methods, including informal discussions with government employees (BDO, WEO, and CDPO), NGO functionaries, bank officials, news reporters, social workers, and other government published documents.This indicates that the tribal people continue to live in an outdated state in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, and they are falling behind the general population in terms of social, political, economic, and technological status.