The terrain which the tribal cultivate is hilly and undulating. With the increasing pressure on land, undulating area and steep slopes have been brought under cultivation with consequent loss of fertility and soil erosion. In addition to this, no irrigation facilities are available. Under these conditions and circumstances, agriculture is carried out in tribal areas. Sparseness of population is another special feature of tribal areas.
Communications are scanty and difficult in tribal areas.
Such situation raises a real problem as to how the benefits of the developments programmes should be extended to a majority of the tribals living in interior areas.