Are the tribal people in India Hindus?

Hinduism is a name given to the culture followed by the people beyond Sindhu river. But this subcontinent had millions of tribes following their own religion. Hence Hinduism has 33 million Gods as these Gods belong to 33 million different types of followers. read more

As a result these tribal got disconnected culturally. Their ancestors might be hindu originally. But not all tribes are hindu. Some tribes have culture very different to that of hindu. Some of the tribes belong to religions other than hindu. read more

Hinduism is the largest religion in India, with 79.8% of the population identifying themselves as Hindus, that accounts for roughly (966 million) Hindus in India as of 2011 Census of India, while 14.2% of the population follow Islam and the remaining 6% adhere to other religions (such as Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism, various indigenous ethnically-bound faiths, Atheism and Irreligion). read more

Yes in india tribal people are mostly hindus. Hinduism is a feminine religion. The origin dates back to vedic era in the banks of indus. But slowly the religion progressed from its indigenous population towards the forest people. As hinduism believes in pluralism all the tribal deities were included in Hindu gods. read more