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Table 5 Common types of community collectives, their composition, structural tiers and membership across all study districts

From: Partnering with women collectives for delivering essential women’s nutrition interventions in tribal areas of eastern India: a scoping study

S.No.

Type

Composition

Tiers

Number of members

I

II

III

Bastar

Koraput

West Singhbhum

1

Farmer Club

Mixed

X

X

4100

5086

4352

2

Forest Committee

Mixed

X

X

3520

16,517

2690

3

SHG

Women

68,332

205,171

117,558

4

Village Education Committee

Mixed

X

X

40,160

49,932

40,646

5

Village Health and Sanitation Committeea

Mixed

X

X

7080

17,282

6

Watershed Committees

Mixed

X

X

850

86,567

4750

  1. √ implies yes, X implies no
  2. aReferred to as Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Committees in Jharkhand