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Introduction: The pre-Dravidian, the Dravidian (Brunette-Dolichocephalic), the Indo-Aryans (fair Dolichocephalism), Indo-Alpines (Branchycephal) and Mongolians constitute mainly the racial element in the population of India. According to Ghurye (1963), it is possible to contend that even if the tribes are not aborigines of the exact areas, they now occupy, they are the autochthones of India and to that extent they may be called aborigines. But as per Darwin’s theory, general feature of any living organism can be changed and modified from its own character by environmental impact and gene mutation. Keeping the entire thoughts and theories, we justified the racial elements within definite sampling frame with the help of somatometry.

Objectives:The objective of the study is to examine and determine the racial variation amongst 15-20 years teenagers of tribals’ communities in South Bastar district of Chhattisgarh.

Methodology and Study Area:The methods of data collection are based on secondary literature and somatometric analysis by direct measurement of the selected aspirants. On the basis of somatometric analysis of definite characters 11 parameters of measurement, are organized from 15 to 20 years, equal sample size of male (n=125) and female (n=125). The analysis is based on the comparison between standared range of racial classification and observed range of samples with mean value of measurements of its minor or negligible errors. For above purpose, five villages in Kowakonda block, district South Bastar Dantewada had been selected.

Result:The findings of our study stated that large number of teenage population is traced as Mongoloid feature. Brachycephalic elements amongst tribal population in south Bastar, are dominating characters rather than their own features of Dolichocephalic.

Conclusion: From the east there was a wide spread movement of the southern Mongoloid southwards in the Bay of Bengal and almost north eastern regions entered within tribals of Bastar, influencing the gene which is responsible for racial variation amongst them.

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