MYSURU: The forest department has taken up a project to survey the Soliga tribal population living in the thick forests of Chamarajanagar district. The survey aims at studying educational, economic and social status of tribals to extend basic facilities.
As per initial reports, the department has collected the details of 40,000 Soliga tribals who had been living inside the woods and forest fringe areas of the district in over 148 tribal hamlets.
Chamarajanagar taluk forest areas has 25 such tribal hamlets with 1,488 families, Yelandur (10) with 691 families, Gundlupet (33) with 1,487 families, Kollegal (5) and the highest in Hanur taluk (75) with 4,177 families. Chamarajangar district has a total of 7,483 Soliga families.
