Nearly 30 odd Santhal Tribes of West Bengal live on treetops in the dense Moorguma Forest under the Ayodhya Hills near Purulia.

In Lakshadweep, all communities are scheduled tribes. No other identified communities exist.

The average height of Jats, a non-tribal community of Punjab and Haryana is 182.3 cm and that of the Lambada tribe in Karnataka and Bagadam Kallan and Kota of Tami Nadu is 164 cm.

The Gurung community of UP has reported 9.31% color blindness. Muslims reported a high rate of color blindness compared to non-Muslim communities in the same state.

Each region of Rajasthan has its own distinctive style of folk entertainment and musical instruments. They include the Morchang, Naad, Sarangi and Dholis. Rajasthan has a rich heritage of folk songs and dances to match evey festival and ritual.

The percentages of child marriages within all communities in Rajasthan, except the Bhils and Garasia is much higher (17%) than the national average (6%).

Andaman and Nicobar Islands are the homeland of some of the most endangered communities-Negrito Tribes and the Mongoloid tribes.

All communities in Pondicherry are bilingual or tri-lingual. The largest number of communities speak Tamil followed by Telugu, Malayalam, French, Vietnamese, Urdu, Rajasthani, Gujarati and Bengali.

Past travelers often referred to Nicobar as the 'Land of the Naked'.

The proportion of unmarried men and women has increased and is the highest amongst the Great Andamanese, whose population is declining. Next in line are the Shompen and the Onge.

Certain communities in Rajasthan call on 'rudalis' or women specially engaged during the twelve-day mourning period to weep and wail aloud for the dead.

The term 'Meghalaya' was first coined by S.P.Chatterjee in the French edition of his Meghalaya: Garo Khasi and Jaintia for a specific geographical area.