A child borne innocent and if nourished with tender care and attention, he or she will blossom with faculties physical, mental, moral and spiritual, into a person of stature and excellence. On the other hand, noxious surroundings, neglect of basic needs, bad company and other abuses and temptations would spoil the child and likely to turn him a delinquent. Thus children being an important asset, every effort should be made to provide them equal opportunities for development so that they become robust citizens physically fit, mentally alert and morally healthy endowed with the skills and motivations needed by society. As is often said, the child of today is the citizen of tomorrow, the criminal tendency in youngsters must, therefore, be timely curbed so that they do not turn into habitual criminals in their future life. When the whole world is suffering from the problem related to childhood development, the Santals, a tribal community rendering the responsibility of child development peacefully. Their social organisation provides the protection to the children from such social evils. In this paper an attempt has been made to discuss the factors responsible for proper development of children in Santal community. It is also discussed the role of the social organisation of Santal community to provide sustainable support to build the future of the nation.