Synopsis This book basically deals with the 'Ethnography of Health' of the Chik Baraik community in the state of Jharkhand, India. It is a study on their culture, bio-demography and health in relation to their ecological settings. Culture has been conceived in the context of mechanism of adaptation to the environment as well as strategies of survival in promoting health and well-being as ingrained in their existing cultural norms and practices. Besides, two essential demographic parameters like fertility and mortality have been taken into consideration as indicators of vital biological events of life in bio-demography.