Western Zone & Island Region

Western Zone This zone includes Rajasthan and Gujarat and tribes such as the Bhils, Garasiya and Meenas.
The Bhils are regarded as a violent tribe. They are go< archers and claim to have formed the major chunk of RaJ Pratap's army. The Meenas are a very advanced and WI educated tribe.

Island Region This zone includes Andaman ar Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Daman and Diu. The: tribes include the Great Andamanese, Sentinelese, Jarwa Onges, Nicobaris and Shampen. Some of these tribes al extremely backward and are struggling to come out of tl stone age mode of livelihood. Most of these tribes all classified as minor tribes which face the threat of extinctiol The government tried to integrate some of these tribes wit the mainstream, but the construction of the naval dockyar at Port Blair exposed the tribes to the outside world, leadin to a loss of identity for the tribals who got disintegrate into a diaspora. This region is a priority area in tribe administration and the emphasis is on slow and gradw change. Apart from the problem of survival, prevalence c diseases and malnutrition are some other problems of th tribes of this region.