- It is the largest tribe of jharkhand.
- Santal tradition has abundance of myths and beliefs. They believe in Supreme God and use a sanskritized term ‘Thakur jiu' for the creator.
- anthal Tribe dates back to the pre-Aryan period. They belong to the proto-Australoid racial group, linguistically they belong to the Mundari group of Austro-Asiatic linguistic family.
- The Santhal tribes follow the religion called ‘Sarna’.
