The constitution of India provides special privileges to the backward section of the society. This was done keeping in view that there was a wide disparity in the Indian society and to remove this inequality such provisions were made in the constitution. But after seventy one years of independence, no substantive improvement is seen in the tribal section of the society. They still constitute the most vulnerable section of the Indian society. This statement force the scholars to think as to where the mistake is being made. Whether it is a policy paralysis which is responsible for their backwardness or whether there is a loophole in the policy implementing agency. Actually, both are responsible to some extend. But, behind this it is also true that there is a lack of proper research in this area, which failed to bring out the real need of the tribal and it also miserably failed to give the correct policy for tribal development. Most of the research and study on tribes brought only the partial truth of tribes. This is because they do not mingle easily with outsiders, either because of their shy nature or because they see other community with suspicion or as ‘diku’. They have an impression in their mind that the outsiders come to exploit them, so they easily do not co-operate with the outsiders. This forces the researcher to take the help of a middle men to communicate with the tribes. There is also a language barrier for which a middle men is required. There is every possibility that interviewing in front of the third party creates a hindrance to bring out the real picture of the tribal situation in India and their needs and aspiration. There also a sense of suspicion among the tribes as to what the researcher will do after taking their interview, so they hesitate to reveal all the truth about the mselves. There is also a mindset among the people that the study and survey will benefit only the researcher, so the tribesmen do not take interest to give all answers to the question of the researcher and reveal all the truth of their culture, tradition and believe syatem. . Apart from all this there is also a biasness on the part of the researcher. Most of the researcher are unknown about the tribal culture and theirbelieves. They go in the tribal dominated region with some bookish knowledge or the myths which they would have heard from some unknown unauthentic source. But its important to know that every tribal culture is not the same. Every tribe have their own dintinct language, culture and believe. Therefore the researcher must be open to the change these are the problems which creates a barrier in the empirical study of tribes in India.