Asur Community
Asur Community The Gumla district administration in Jharkhand has announced that the Asur community, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) residing in the Netarhat plateau region of Gumla, will soon benefit from the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006. About Asur Community: The Asur’s are a very small Austro-Asiatic ethnic group living primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand, mostly in the Gumla, Lohardaga, Palamu and Latehar districts. A small minority lives in the neighbouring states. They are included in the list of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). As per the 2011 census, the tribe has a population of around 23,000.…