The Book entitled “Socio-Economic and Cultural Life of Santals and Mundas Tribes” makes an indepth study of two major tribes of India. It makes an analytical study on the life of Santals and Mundas Tribes mainly through observations, field study and primary and secondary sources. It analyses the basic concepts of both the tribes pertaining to their Socio-economic and Cultural aspects. In this book analysis of their origin, sojourn, original homeland and dispersal has been made. It comprehensively deals with the comparative study of both the tribes pertaining to their socio-economic and cultural life. While dealing with these tribes their myths, folk songs, folk tales and inscriptions have been taken into consideration. A long with socio-economic and cultural life, the different theories on their origin and original homeland have been critically examined. In the analysis of social structure of both the tribes, a valuable information have been collected by examining their settlement and housing pattern, family and marriage organizations, kinship and clan institutions, birth and death rituals, position of women and their role in the society. Their food and drinks, dress and ornaments and hair style tattoo mark have been examined. The significant of their religion and religious beliefs have been studied in detail. The cultural aspects pertaining to their song, dance, music and musical instruments have been highlighted. It also throws light on invention of their scripts and development of language and literature during the colonial and post-colonial period. It also deals with the development of education among these tribes in the post-Independent eras. Various kinds of social evils search as alcoholism, witch crafts and blind belies and its remedies have been suggested in this work. And a notable aspect is that the work throws light on the role of government organization and their different schemes upon these tribes. In this work, sincere efforts have been made to analyse the various aspects of these tribes in simple and lucid manner to make it worth reading.