Karewa sediments are treasures of many human civilizations and habitations. In fact, the agriculture of the valley dominantly survives and sustains on Karewa soils. The world famous saffron from Pampore and apples from Shopian are best examples.The famous almond orchids are best grown in the soils of karewas.

The karewas are mainly devoted to the cultivation of saffron, almond, walnut, apple and orchards.Ling nuts (singharas) grow throughout the East of India: West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Bihar are examples of such regions.

Volcanic mountains are very common along the destructive plate boundaries i.e. Oceanic-continental plate boundaries which are yet uncovered in the rock folded mountains formed due to continental –to continental plate collision.The Himalayas are also a plate-to-plate collision tectonic boundary. In this case, the Indian Plate [of the Indian Subcontinent] is colliding head-on with the Eurasian Plate. Both plates are comprised of continental lithospheric crust, so there is no appreciable distinction in density.

                     Scheduled Tribes 

State with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes               Mizoram (94.5 %)

State with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes                 Goa (0.04 %)

UT with highest proportion of Scheduled Tribes                   Lakshadweep (94.5 %)

UT with lowest proportion of Scheduled Tribes                     A & N Islands (8.3 %)