Abstract: The term Onge means man. The Onge are one of the least fertile and most sterile people in the world. About 40% of the married couples are sterile. Onge women rarely become pregnant before the age of 28. Infant and child mortality is in the range of 40%. The net reproductive index for the Onge is 0.91. They are living in difficult conditions, adverse geographical situation but it is true and paradoxical that still they are the happiest people of the world.
Keywords: Onge Tribe, Continuity of Change, Little Andaman.
Title: Onge Tribe through the Ages: Continuity of Change
Author: Ashish Gupta
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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