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The present study has been carried out with the aim of ascertaining the community health status of Hill Korwa women along with demographic analysis. For this study 202 currently married women has been randomly selected and interviewed from Bagicha and Manora Tribal Development Blocks of Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh state. Demographic data, anthropometry, hemoglobin, blood pressure, are taken in account. Data concluded that Korwa women can be classified under normal range of Body Mass Index. Normal hemoglobin level was found only among 6.44 percent Korwa women. Female literacy rate was found to be 4.95 percent only. Perinatal Mortality and Maternal mortality for the Hill Korwas were estimated to be 123.76/1000 birth and 14/1000 Live birth respectively. Jashpur is hilly district of state and it is increasingly being difficult to undertake welfare and development programmes. Placement of health services, low literacy rate leads to lack of awareness about access to health and poor transport and communication facilities has adversely affected the population of Hill Korwa women.

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