The objective of the paper is to analyse the socio economic status of tribes in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. The study is based on primary data collected from tribes in four blocks namely, Rasgobindpur, Morada, Kuliana, Suliapada in Mayurbhanj district. The literary rate among male is 30.4 percent   and among  female it is 25.18 percent. Among the four blocks under study,  the literary rate is highest, 34.70 percent, in the study villages of Kuliana block and the literary rate is lowest, 18.63 percent, in the study villages of Suliapada block. In the ten sample villages of four blocks of Mayurbhanj district, 93 percent tribal households have their own houses while 7 percent tribal households have no houses and they live in the house of others who are either their friends or relatives from their own community. Well and pond water are also used for drinking propose. In absence of toilets almost all villagers take their bath in ponds and streams and even near the tube wells. The socio economic status of tribes is not good. There is urgent need for providing facilities in the tribal houses at subsidised rate.

KEY WORDS:- Education, Housing,  Loan, Saving, Tribes