Size classification 1-1

tribal communities like the Gonds, Bhils, (both designated with their generic names) with a population of about forty lakhs each followed by the Santhals with a population of more than thirty lakhs.

Oraons,Minas and the Mundas who number about more than ten lakhs each. 

followed by the Hos, Khonds and the Kols with population strength of morethan five lakhs.

 forty tribes, comprising about ten percent of the total tribal population of India have a population ranging from one to five lakhs. These are theAdis, Baigas, Bhumijs, Bodos-Kacharis, Dhodias, Garos, Kacharis, Kharias, Kharwars, Khasis, Kolhas, Korkus, Lodhas, Mizos, Rabhas, Saoras, Tripuris, Warlis, Yenadis and Yerukulas,to name a few. 

Communities like someAndamanese groups who number even less than hundred each. There is a lot of variation in size even within the tribal groups who lie in between these two categories- somewhere from between less than 1000 to less than a million.