rates included Ireland at 0 per 100,000 and Austria at 4 per 100,000. In the United States, the maternal death rate was 11 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2005. This rose to 13.3 per 100,000 in 2006.

Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR); In INDIA TOTAL: Among women aged between 15-49 years dying due to maternal causes per 1, 00,000 live births in 2004-2006 was 254 and in 2007-2009 was 212. In the state of Assam in 2004-2006 and 2007-2009, 480 and 390, in Bihar/Jharkhand 312 and 261, in Madhya Pradesh/ Chhattisgarh 335 and 269, in Orissa 303 and 258, in Rajasthan 388 and 318, in Utter Pradesh/Uttarakhand 440 and 359, in EAG (Empowered Action Group States) and ASSAM SUBTOTAL: 375 and 308, in Andhra Pradesh 154 and 134,of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 140 inhabitants per square kilometer (360/sqmi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.83 %. Bastar has a sex ratio of 1024 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 54.94. According to census of India 2001 basic data sheet of district Bastar; total *Schedule Tribe population* was 866,488 and 66.31% to total population.

Bastar, the land of tribes and natural resources, is the largest tribal district of the newly formed Indian state of Chhattisgarh. About 70% of the total population of Bastar comprises of tribal, which is 26.76% of the total tribal population of Chhattisgarh. The major tribes of the Bastar region are the Gond, Abhuj Maria, Bhatra, Halbaa, Dhurvaa, Muria and