Abstract

Urbanisation in India has led to a complex transformation among tribal communities influencing their cultural identities behavioural patterns and personality traits. As tribal families migrate to urban spaces for employment education and social opportunities their children experience an environment that is fundamentally different from traditional tribal contexts. This research paper examines the character traits of urban tribal children through an interdisciplinary and holistic lens analysing how rapid socio-cultural transitions affect their emotional cognitive social and behavioural development. The study investigates the interplay between inherited cultural values and newly acquired urban experiences emphasizing how identity negotiation schooling conditions peer influences economic constraints and changing family dynamics shape their overall personality. Drawing from psychological theories anthropological literature and contemporary educational research the paper reveals that urban t