The estimated population of Shompen was 229 as per the 2011 Census data. According to the provisional figures made available, the voter turnout was 63.99%. In 2019, the voter turnout was 65.09% ...

The Shompen are a semi-nomadic, self-contained community. They have never asked anything of the government of India. But they need to be able to roam the land.

‘Shompen people prize their freedom above all’, says former ASI director in Andaman Islands Some members of the reclusive tribe voted in the 2024 election amidst fears that their forests on ...

The Shompen are one of the least studied tribes in the world, placing them into the list of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). READ MORE: UK still wants to buy another 100 fighter jets ...

For the first time in history, the Shompen tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands participated in the voting process in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. This year, seven Shompen tribes people ...

For the first time in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, seven members of the Shompen tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTGs) of Great Nicobar Islands exercised their voting rights for the ...

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The Shompen, one of the most isolated and poorly understood contemporary hunter–gatherer populations, inhabit Great Nicobar Island, the southernmost island of the Nicobar archipelago.

The Shompen are a semi-nomadic, self-contained community. They have never asked anything of the government of India. But they need to be able to roam the land.